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Nylons, San Francisco, c.1944-46 (b/w photo)

Nylons, San Francisco, c.1944-46 (b/w photo)
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IMAGE number
HGL396960
Image title
Nylons, San Francisco, c.1944-46 (b/w photo)
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Photographer
American Photographer, (20th century) / American
Location
Hagley Museum & Library, Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Medium
black and white photograph
Image description

Can't wait: after waiting hours to buy nylons after they went on sale post- World War II, this young woman couldn't wait to get home to put them on. Royal welcome home was given nylon as it made its post-war appearance in ladies' hosiery;

Photo credit
© Hagley Museum and Library / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
1940s / 20th century / celebration / female / stocking / 40s / outside / crowd / queue / luxury / kerb / stockings / celebratory / seated / excited / forties / street scene / impatience / impatient / underwear / amused / fashion / ww2 / wwii / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto

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