Elephant walking down Woodward Avenue, 1925 J.L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day parade

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Description

View of crowds surrounding an elephant walking down Woodward Ave. during the 1925 Hudson's Thanksgiving Day parade. S.S. Kresge store in background. Stamped on back: "Spencer & Wyckoff, photographers, Detroit." Typed on sheet: "(V) Here we have a real live elephant just coming to the Kresge corner on Woodward. This elephant was supposed to represent the elephant we had in the toy department so many years called Toto."

Details

Creator:: Spencer & Wyckoff
Resource ID:: bh028430
Subject:: Parades--Michigan--Detroit; Elephants--Michigan--Detroit; Crowds--Michigan--Detroit; J.L. Hudson Company; Thanksgiving Day--Michigan--Detroit; S.S. Kresge Company; 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.