Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display at Kern's Department Store. A portrait of President Herbert Hoover is displayed in the window, adjacent to the portrait are two scrolls of text, the left text reads, "To glorify shopping by faith is an objective of Kern's, The cry of the first traders, 'Let the buyer beware,' was a bitter one and has no place in modern business. Today we have found a better way, a greater cry, 'Have faith,' and every nerve of our great store, every working hour, every human voice within its walls must echo to that cry, must accept it and must justify it, as the supreme article of our existence." The text right of the portrait reads, "Among the objectives of Herbert Hoover Presidential Nominee of Republican Party, 'No man who stands before the mighty forces which ramify American life, has the right to promise solutions at his hand alone. All that an honest man can say is that within the extent of his abilities and his authority, and in co-operation with the congress and with the leaders of every element in our people, these problems shall be courageously met, and solution will be courageously attempted. The Presidency is more than an administrative office. It must be the symbol of American ideals. The high and the lowly must be seen with the same eyes, met with the same spirit. It must be the instrument by which national conscience is livened, and it must under the guidance of the Almighty, interpret and follow that conscience." The photographic sequence number, name of photographer, location and date are printed on the bottom right corner of the recto, "12318, Davis B. Hillmer, Detroit, 1928."