Leg Silque Liquid Stockings, Shade P244 Suntan
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Langlois Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: While leg makeup has been commercially available since the 1920s, it wasn't until rationing was introduced during the World War II that the product became an essential commodity for many American women. Unable to procure silk or nylon hose, many women resorted to painting their legs with products such as Leg Silque Liquid Stockings, made in Boston, Mass., by the Langlois Company. Some industrious users even drew black lines down the backs of their legs to simulate the seams.
label: Description
content: This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Make-up
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Sidney Glaser
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0481.002
label: accession number
content: 1985.0481
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0481.002
label: maker number
content: P244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cosmetic
label: Object Name
content: make-up, leg
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 3 in x 1 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm x 4.445 cm