Christmas Display's

Over the next few weeks, I will be posting various Holiday images.

So many people remember Denholm's during the holiday season, so hopefully this will conjure up some memories.

This is a shot of the ladies third floor gift boutique taken at the down escalator. The year is 1964.

Childrens Christmas book

I just received my latest eBay win. This is a Christmas comic book that was handed out to children who were waiting in line to meet Santa clause. The date is 1946.

The Holidays are coming!

It's that time of year for all of us to start thinking about the holidays coming up. In retail, there is no Thanksgiving, just Christmas.... Here is a shot of Denholms in the early 1960's with the infamous tree of lights that adorned the facade.

Here is an article that my grandmother gave on the importance of window displays, and how they relate to a stores image.

Denholms windows completed!

This week I had the pleasure to work on the windows at the Denholm building, and finished my retrospective of the Denholm and McKay department store. I cannot even begin to thank all of the people who helped and encouraged me with this dream of mine. I want to thank Pat and Diane who allowed me access to their Denholms archive. I also want to thank Mellisa,Matt, Doug, and Ernie and everyone at the Denholm building for their kindness and hard work. You all are amazing!!!

This building is really a gem, and I look forward to working on more windows with the Denholm team.

A big thanks to all.

image of the day

Late 1950's window display at Denholms.

Denholms Retrospective

I am starting the Denholms window retrospective the last week of September. As you can see, the windows are in pretty rough shape, and the building could really use some TLC. I can't wait to get in and restore at least the three windows back to their original glory. It is going to be a lot of work, but keep your fingers crossed.