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The History of Hudson’s Department Store

An incredibly well produced documentary of the famous Detroit department store chain from its beginning. It appears that it was produced as an internal training film but is rich with…

1st December 1936: A young Christmas shopper leaving a department store with her presents, helped by a commissionaire. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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An incredibly well produced documentary of the famous Detroit department store chain from its beginning. It appears that it was produced as an internal training film but is rich with historic scenes of Detroit and interesting little known facts about the city.
The clip was digitized from VHS that was found among debris in an abandoned home