Wooden soldiers marching in parade, 1925 J.L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day parade

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Description

View of Hudson's employees costumed as wooden soldiers marching in the 1925 Hudson's Thanksgiving Day parade. Spectators in foreground. Stamped on back: "Spencer & Wyckoff, photographers, Detroit." Handwritten on back: "The wooden soldiers in 1925." Typed on sheet: "(H) The wooden soldiers. These were all men from the office and they looked very smart in their bright red coats and white trousers. In fact, every man in the parade was a Hudsonian and there were over 300 dressed in all manner of character."

Details

Creator:: Spencer & Wyckoff
Resource ID:: bh028416
Subject:: Parades--Michigan--Detroit; Soldiers--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.