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Phoenix Hosiery Window Display
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Manchester's window display featuring Phoenix Hosiery manufactured at the Chicago Century of Progress World's Fair and featured as prizes in a contest. Century of Progress buildings pictured in background.
June 23, 1933
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Kessenich's Phoenix Hosiery Window
August 20, 1931
Kessenich's Phoenix Hosiery display window, 201-203 State Street.
Manchester's, Inc., "Liberty Bell" Show Window
February 7, 1941
Manchester's, Inc., "Liberty Bell" show window featuring Sapphire Hosiery.
Manchester's, Inc., "Madmoiselle" Window Display
May 2, 1943
"Madmoiselle" hat window at Manchester's Department Store. A sign in the window reads: "Here They Are! Copies or adaptations of prize-winning hats, Mademoiselle college hat design contest, recently...
Manchester's, Inc., Kenwood Blanket Window Display
December 15, 1945
Manchester's, Inc., window display featuring Kenwood blankets.
H.S. Manchester Inc., Tigress Hosiery Display Window
October 11, 1949
H.S. Manchester Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, Tigress hosiery window display, featuring a decorative tigress figure inside a cage and hosiery models with stockings and packaging.
Manchester's, Incorporated, Men's Window Display
December 31, 1956
H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2 East Mifflin Street, show window display "Man of the Year" featuring men's merchandise and a display for Time Magazine.
