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#22 Members of the Radio City Rockettes modelling Legstick, make up to replicate stockings designed to combat wartime shortages, circa 1942.

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#22 Members of the Radio City Rockettes modelling Legstick, make up to replicate stockings designed to combat wartime shortages, circa 1942.

During WWII Women Painted Their Legs to Mimic Stockings Due to Shortage Of Nylon

#22 Members of the Radio City Rockettes modelling Legstick, make up to replicate stockings designed to combat wartime shortages, circa 1942.

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←#21 Some of the women who rushed to a Croydon store to take advantage of a coupon-free sub-standard stockings offer.
#23 Women knitting stockings and scarves for German soldiers in WW II, 1942.→

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