print email comment close The Magnificent, the Merry and the Mundane: The Display Windows of Eaton's Department Store URL: http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/eatons-windows/ Description: This exhibit explores department store display windows, which "have been central to Canadian retailing since Timothy Eaton built Canada's first super-size department store in the 1880s." Topics include the history of Eaton's (founded as T. Eaton Company by Timothy Eaton), displays inspired by royalty, Christmas windows, and other window display trends through the history of the store. From the Archives of Ontario. Publisher: Archives of Ontario LII Database Information: Record 27105 created by Jennifer English on 11/04/2008 Last modification on 11/07/2008 Published: 11/20/2008   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27105