Photograph
J.C. Penney & Co. Display Window
| Display window at J.C. Penney & Company, 17-19 East Main Street, featuring cowboy "Tom Mix, of Radio, Safety Rules to All Straight Shooters" for Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Division. Display features mannequin wearing "safety color raincoat at $3.98," a picture of Tom Mix "for safety ride your bike carefully." Another mannequin is wearing children's clothes and a cowboy hat "he helps prevent accidents." A pedestal holds a Tom Mix hat "wear bright colors especially on rainy days," and posters "for safety cross street only at corners and "Hey kids! Meet Curley Bradley, Tom Mix of radio, in person at the Orpheum Theatre." Also in the display are cowboy hats and ropes. |
| Image ID: | 12518 |
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| Creation Date: | 04 27 1946 |
| Creator Name: | McVicar, Angus B., 1903-1964 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Photo Copy Service photographs and negatives, 1925-1983 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6058.A1420 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| Show windows |
| Mannequins |
| Display of merchandise |
| Hats |
| Safety education |
| Celebrities |
| Coats |
| Clothing and dress |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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