J.L. Hudson Company

The Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit

teller — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:16:39 -0500

This Thanksgiving marked the 85th anniversary of a Detroit favorite now known as America’s Thanksgiving Parade. The parade was started in 1924 by Charles Wendel, the display manager of the J.L. Hudson Company department store on Woodward Avenue. Along with the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, which was founded the same year, Hudson’s Thanksgiving parade was one of the first of its kind in the United States. read more »

(1340) Buildings, J.L. Hudson's Department Store, Detroit, 1976

eclemens — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:24:50 -0400

Crowds along Woodward Avenue take one last look at the giant American Flag that adorned the J.L. Hudson Department Store to commemorate Flag Day, Detroit, Michigan.

Photographer’s Note: “The J.L. Hudson Company was understandably proud when it unfurled the world’s largest flag on the Woodward Avenue side of the building on Armistice Day, November 11, 1923. It was Updated in 1960 to add stars for Alaska and Hawaii. It is now kept at the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC.”

(28204) Olga Madar, UAW Farah boycott, Hudson’s

drice — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:00:21 -0400

Olga Madar, UAW Executive Board Member, supporting Farah boycott pickets around Hudson’s in Detroit.