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- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of the Book Shop at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Tables, draped with linens, display many different book titles available for purchase. A framed display of news clippings is visible in the right background. Large works of art neighbor many of the book displays.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of the Book Shop at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Stacks of books for adult and juvenile reads are available for purchase and are displayed on long, linen-draped tables, titles available on the far left table include, "The Black Hunter; The Unearthly, and It Happened in Peking." The middle table features many copies of, "The Story of Philosophy." The far tables feature many other available titles. Large posters advertising 'Oliver Twist', and 'The Spy' are visible in the background, other titles are also visible.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Print. Black and white photographic print, taken from an elevated vantage point, of the Downtown Branch of the Detroit Public Library, in the foreground, located between Farmer and Library Streets. The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store, is visible at the corner of Gratiot and Farmer, and features eight floors, and Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture. The Newcomb-Endicott Company is visible in the right background, neighboring Hudson's. A series of automobiles are parked on Farmer Street between the library and Hudson's. The name of the photography studio and the geographic location are embossed on the recto, "Manning Bros., Detroit."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of the Book Shop at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Stacks of books are displayed on a table in the right foreground, and include copies of the, "Tom Swift" series. Also, books are ornamentally stacked adjacent to, on book shelves, and atop the book shelves in preparation for book week. Signage affixed to the wall reads, "Hudson's Book Week, _____ 15th to 20th, 1920." The name of the photographer and his geographic location is stamped on the verso, "H.W. Brooks, Detroit."
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Print. Black and white photographic print, taken from an elevated vantage point, of the Downtown Branch of the Detroit Public Library, in the foreground, located between Farmer and Library Streets. The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store, is visible at the corner of Gratiot and Farmer, and features eight floors, and Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture. The Newcomb-Endicott Company is visible in the right background, neighboring Hudson's. A series of automobiles are parked on Farmer Street between the library and Hudson's. The name of the photography studio and the geographic location are embossed on the recto, "Manning Bros., Detroit."
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of the Book Shop at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Tables, draped with linens, display many different book titles available for purchase. A framed display of news clippings is visible in the right background. Large works of art neighbor many of the book displays.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of the Book Shop at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Stacks of books are displayed on a table in the right foreground, and include copies of the, "Tom Swift" series. Also, books are ornamentally stacked adjacent to, on book shelves, and atop the book shelves in preparation for book week. Signage affixed to the wall reads, "Hudson's Book Week, _____ 15th to 20th, 1920." The name of the photographer and his geographic location is stamped on the verso, "H.W. Brooks, Detroit."
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print of the Book Shop at The J.L. Hudson Company Department Store. Stacks of books for adult and juvenile reads are available for purchase and are displayed on long, linen-draped tables, titles available on the far left table include, "The Black Hunter; The Unearthly, and It Happened in Peking." The middle table features many copies of, "The Story of Philosophy." The far tables feature many other available titles. Large posters advertising 'Oliver Twist', and 'The Spy' are visible in the background, other titles are also visible.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Notes:
- This photograph shows the reading room and library at Cassel. French, Belgian, and Russian prisoners enjoy a wide range of reading materials in the library for both education and entertainment.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Notes:
- Prisoner librarians manage the circulating library for French and Belgian POW's at Ohrdruf. Although the book collection is small, the vast majority of books are in circulation among the prison's population since books offered one of the few mental diversions available in prison camps.
- Date Created:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
