Digital Collection
1982.144.350

Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of a window display at the J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Various models are displayed in the window including ships, dolls, and trophies with airplanes affixed to the top. Signage adjacent to the differing types of model dolls reads (from left to right), "American Types;" "Peasant Folk Central Europe;" "From Romance Lands Italy Spain Portugal." A large clipper ship is visible in the central background of the display; a small sign adjacent to the rear of the ship reads, "Sixth Annual Hobby Show; Clipper Ship." Signage affixed to the rear of the display reads, "Hobby Show, May 20, May 25, Hudson's Twelfth Floor Auditorium." Also, signage in the foreground adjacent to the trophies reads, "Trophies, Awarded at the Eighth Annual Michigan Model Aircraft Met, June 1st Lansing, Mich." The photographic sequence number is printed on the bottom of the recto, "18236-9x."

Date
1940s
Collection
Print Size
8.1875" x 10.0625"
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