Object Title

Bonwit Teller Mother's Day Themed Window Display Featuring "Station Wagon Ma" Statue and Mother's Day Gifts

Part of

Dan Arje PapersSeries 2. PhotographsLoose Prints and Negatives


Material Category
Photographic Material
Type of Work
photographic prints
Description
Bonwit Teller Mother's Day themed window featuring a statue of a mother with a dog and a golf club, surrounded by handbags, jewelry, perfume, and other Mother's Day gift ideas. All the windows in this series feature different statues of mother characters, with this one being called the "station wagon ma". A banner at the bottom reads: "How do you figure Mother? Is she a station wagon ma, always on the go? Her special Bonwit gift will figure high on Mother's Day."
Date
1949 – 1973
Related people
Bonwit Teller & Co (commissioner)
Dan Arje (compiler)
Measurements
8 in (width) x 10 in (height)
Related Repository
Kellen Design Archives
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ (copyrighted)
Location
box 1 folder 6
Identifier
KA0001_000472
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