Print, Photographic

Print. Black and white photographic print of an interior display in the women's swimwear department at the J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. A female mannequin is posed atop a retail display of the latest women's swimwear fashions. The mannequin, clad in a bathing suit, sunglasses, hat, and shawl, is featured in front of a large sun. Signage adjacent to the mannequin reads, "Summer Brown, important color treatment in new dark tones. Beach-and-sun theme... Slim Suit in nylon, fashioned by Cafe of California. $17.95." The photographic sequence number, company name, and photographer's name is printed on the bottom of the recto, "25216-5x; The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."