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CarltonHendricksThis is really a neat thread. I’d have never thought of store front photos here on Net54. I’ve seen photos over the years of store fronts with sports windows, but never gave them that much thought. I’ll be keeping an eye out for them now though.
My favorite photos so far are the tennis window of Dan’s, and the Goldsmith’s window of Clint’s, but they’re all good, the D&M one is cool too.
I don’t have any photos but I did pick up the bronze plaque over last winter at a show in Los Angeles, or Glendale actually. It’s 22” tall x 17” wide, and the bronze part is 15 ” diameter. The inscription around the edge says: “The Sporting Goods Dealer Trophy 1929”. The award engraving below is made out to: “National Baseball Week - Window Trimming Contest - Won By - Nat Wylie, Steel Howe Company, Wichita, Kansas”
It’s signed by the sculptor Jack Lincoln Lambert, who did many sports statues and plaques for different companies, like Dieges and Clust, and Josten’s Jewelers. I found this plaque in my Josten’s Jewelers catalog
When I got this I was only thinking of it in terms of it’s art quality. But then I showed it to Paul Referson, and he pointed out the window trimming aspect, that he’d seen photos like we’re sharing here and expressed amazement of it from that vantage, which I’d never stop to think of.
