1940 – Nylon Hose and WWII
I was fourteen and had just started to wear nylon hose when WWII started. Since Uncle Sam needed the nylon for parachutes they were hard to come by. The ones that Mom and I had, had seams down the back; I had a really hard time with getting and keeping the seams straight. I sure was glad when they came out with the ones that didn’t have seams in the back.
During the war in order to preserve the hose that we had Mom and I would hand wash our nylons and after they were dried on the clothes line we put them in a canning jar, with the lid closed tightly. We only had one pair a piece and we wanted them to last a long time.
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