Box 1

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This folder contains photographic documentation of B. Altman interior floor displays, including the Christmas tree trim shop, stand-alone kiosks for Jaeger, Alan Paine and The Century Collection (among others), in-store floral arrangements and store fixtures. Many photos are credited to Worsinger Photo or Nick Malan Studios.

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This folder contains black and white and sepia toned displays of yardage of fashion and interior upholstery textile fabrics, including rayon, lace, silk, and worsted wool. Some of the displays also include women's wear, men's wear, furniture, lighting, or housewares; some are also quite abstract or surreal in their design. The majority are credited to Worsinger Photo, also known as Worsinger Window Service.

Scope and Contents This folder includes fabrication and installation photos depicting a large scale city scape, Eastern European in style, constructed completely of sweets such as candies, cookies and nuts. A man who appears to be the artist or designer of these pieces appears in many photos; one print depicting him is labeled in red wax pencil on the face "Jean Hewitt". There is a printed contact sheet also present, as well as portrait pictures of costumed employees running kiosks labeled "bread", "candy",...

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This folder contains documentation of Easter window and floor displays, Hansel and Gretel windows (handwritten date on reverse of 1961), and an unidentified series of windows featuring scenes of animals in human clothing in woodland settings. Most are credited Worsinger Photo or Malan Studios.

Scope and Contents This folder contains black and white and color photographs of Christmas windows. Themes include a teddy bears and children keeping house, elves in their workshop, Christmas in the Country, Christmas on the Slopes and Nutcracker type scenes. Some windows display merchandise, but the vast majority are storytelling scenes involving smaller scale figures. There are three photos circa 1930s that depict an abstract Santa Claus and his reindeer and penguins made out of heavyweight paper or...

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These photos are of window and floor displays from Lord and Taylor and Saks 5th Avenue; they were labeled "B. Altman reference" by an unknown person, likely the seller or prior special collections staff. One of the images showed wire mannequin "acrobats", and handwritten on the reverse is a note that they were created by Henry Callahan.