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Christmas Windows
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Woldenberg's Christmas window at 26-28 East Mifflin Street, featuring a winter scene with female mannequins wearing the latest fashion in coats, hats, gloves and purses. Holiday trimming edges the window display that leads to the store entry. The sign in the window reads: "Woldenberg's is Aglow with Christmas."
December 18, 1953
Stein, Edwin
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Christmas Windows
December 18, 1953
Carmen's Christmas window at 9 South Pinckney Street, featuring female mannequins wearing the latest fashions for winter, including dresses, robes ("house coats") and pajamas. The mannequin closest...
Woldenberg's Coat Window
September 29, 1944
Left side window of Woldenberg's, 26 East Mifflin Street, with three mannequins wearing hats, coats with fur trim, and dresses. "The coat with the fur tuxedo."
Manchester's, Inc., "Silhouette Black" Window Display
October 8, 1940
Manchester's, Inc., Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, "Silhouette Black" window display, with mannequin wearing a coat and hat, with other coats, hats and purses in the window.
Woldenberg's Dress Window
September 29, 1944
Right side window at Woldenberg's, 26 East Mifflin Street, showing three mannequins wearing dresses and hats. "Herbert Sondheim by Troy Stix."
Kessenich's Mannequin
March 17, 1938
Kessenich's mannequin dressed in dress, coat, hat, purse and gloves and shoes.
Manchester's, Inc., Fur Coat Window Display
August 8, 1945
Manchester's, Inc., fur coat window display with two mannequins, one in a fur coat and the other wearing a coonskin cap, standing in the snow in front of a log cabin, taken from Wisconsin Avenue.
