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1930s Stockings Advertisements: Silk stockings, Rayon Stockings, Chiffon Stockings & More

Did you know that nylon stockings didn’t come on the market until the 1939 World’s Fair? DuPont built the first full-scale nylon plant in Seaford, Delaware, and began commercial production in late 1939. (according to this article on the history of nylon stockings). These are advertisements from the summer 1935 Chicago Mail Order Company, mostly for [...]