J. L. Hudson Water Fountain
date: label: date made
content: 1920
notes: label: Description
content: The department store with its striking architectural appointments became an elegant destination that encouraged shoppers to make an extended visit. This ornate brass water fountain was used in J.L. Hudson’s flagship department store at 1206 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan in 1911. The flagship store was 25 stories tall and occupied an entire city block. The interior of the store was built with the same elegance, replete with chandeliers, murals, floral arrangements, as well as this water fountain. The goal was to provide the customer with everything they would need to shop all day long, including amenities like restaurants, libraries, barber shops, and auditoriums.
label: Description
content: Joseph Lowthian Hudson founded the chain of Hudson’s department stores in Detroit, Michigan in 1881. The store expanded to other locations and in 1969 was acquired by the Minneapolis based Dayton department store forming the Dayton-Hudson Corporation. In 2000 Dayton-Hudson changed its name to that of its discount retail division – Target. Later the department store division was renamed Marshall Field’s which was then sold to Macy’s in 2006.
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Target Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0062.14
label: accession number
content: 2014.0062
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0062.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water fountain
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 41 in x 11 1/4 in x 14 in; 104.14 cm x 28.575 cm x 35.56 cm