"Ding dong bell" float, 1925 J.L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day parade
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Description
View of the "Ding dong bell" float during the 1925 Hudson's Thanksgiving Day parade. Men and women in costume surround a wishing well on the horse-drawn float. Artist's depiction of cat is painted on the side of the float. Stamped on back: "Spencer & Wyckoff, photographers, Detroit." Handwritten on back: "Horses pulling the 1925 floats, Ding dong bell." Typed on sheet: "(G) Ding dong bell, the pussy's in the well."
Details
- Creator:
- Spencer & Wyckoff
- Resource ID:
- bh028415
- Subject:
- Parades--Michigan--Detroit
- Parade floats--Michigan--Detroit
- Nursery rhymes
- Wishing wells--Michigan--Detroit
- Cats in art
- Horses--Michigan--Detroit
- J.L. Hudson Company
- Thanksgiving Day--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1925-11-26
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 5 x 7 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/J.L. Hudson Company, 21:6
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.