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With Nylon Stockings Scarce, Women Painted Their Legs Using Gravy Juice During the War Years ~ Vintage Everyday
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Part of a campaign to collect used nylon stockings for American efforts during World War II, a young woman holds up a pair of disbanded stockings that will be recycled into gun
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With nylon stockings scarce, women would paint their legs so it looked like stockings, 1940s - Rare Historical Photos
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