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Big Mama Legsavers Pantyhose

  • 1970s

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One pair of beige-toned, "Irregular" size stockings. The pink packaging features an image of three smiling women posed wearing only stockings. The stockings are described on the packaging front as "large support/LEGSAVERS/pantyhose with/reusable panty."

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  • 23.6 cm H x 18.0 cm W
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  • Box 632.2.4 Textile Box 6

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Science History Institute. Big Mama Legsavers Pantyhose. Photograph, 2022. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/c254dzj.

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