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Discarded stockings go to war. It takes husky men to lift the heavy powder bags which are placed into big guns to throw the projectile. Discarded silk stockings, collected at various department stores and women's clubs throughout the country, are providing powder bags to keep our guns shooting
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Credit lineDiscarded stockings go to war. It takes husky men to lift the heavy powder bags which are placed into big guns to throw the projectile. Discarded silk stockings, collected at various department stores. 1942-01-01. United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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