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Catalog Number 1982.145.587
Object Name Print, Photographic
Description Print. (2 Copies.) Color photographic print of a window display which features Lego's available at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. A child mannequin dressed in a shirt and trousers appears to be playing with a Lego-created ship. Structures created out of Lego's are featured and include an Empire State Building and a Swiss Chalet. Signage affixed to the top of the window reads, "Lego System by Samsonite." Also signage in the central foreground reads, "The Lego System, A Toy for Today and Tomorrow, Hudson's Toys, Twelfth Floor." The company name, and photographer's name are printed on the bottom of the recto, "The J.L. Hudson Company; Photography by Davis B. Hillmer."
Date 1960s
Year Range from 1961
Photographer Hillmer, Davis B.
Print size 8.1875" x 10.0625"
Collection Hillmer, Davis B.
Search Terms J.L. Hudson Company
Hudson's
Department Store
Toys
Lego