John Nicholson Papers
name: label: Creator
content: Nicholson, John, 1916-
label: Names
content: Cafe Nicholson (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Cooper-Hewitt Design Archive
label: Names
content: Lord & Taylor
label: Names
content: Nicholson, John, 1916-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Window dressers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Show windows -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Photographs were donated to the museum by John Nicholson in 2000.
creator: label: Creator
content: Nicholson, John, 1916-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Window designer and restaurateur, John Nicholson, born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1916. The only son of Romanian immigrants, Johnny Bulica changed his name to John Nicholson in the 1920s to lose the Old World connection.

Mr. Nicholson received some practical design experience while working for the St. Louis department store, Stix, Baer & Fuller before coming to New York City in the early 1940s. Mr. Nicholson worked for two years with Lord & Taylor as a display and window designer before opening Cafe Nicholson--a restaurant that he has managed for nearly 50 years and which closed in 1999.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Cubic feet (1 box
)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946 - 1947
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2012.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1279
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Show-windows
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection consists exclusively of 25 8 x 10 inch black-and-white photographs.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection is unprocessed.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Show-windows
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 20th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These photographs document Nicholson's work for Lord & Taylor Company from 1946-1947. Nicholson created 100 window displays for the department store and only 25 are in this collection. The collection does not include any supporting documentation for these photographs.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Archival Materials
content: Materials at the Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Gene Moore, Tiffany & Company Photographs (NMAH.AC.1280)

Michael Cipirano Papers (NMAH.AC.1274)

Materials at the Smithsonian Libraries

Donald Deskey collection (SIL-CH.1975-11-77)
label: Related Archival Materials
content: The Museum of Modern Art has an artist file on Mr. Nicholson containing miscellaneous uncatalogued materials.