I recently bought a pair of nylon stockings; well, to be accurate, they were pantyhose, which are about all women wear these days for hosiery. Stockings, which require some sort of garment with ...

Every Wednesday morning in Wilmington (Del.), home town of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., a score-odd lingerie shops and department stores put on sale new shipments of nylon stockings. As soon as the ...

Even before the United States entered World War II, the disruption of imports and defense demands caused shortages of civilian goods. A silk shortage caused by the economic break with Japan and the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Skein of "American Beauty" red silk ...