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Cotton Hosiery for Women: A Portfolio of Design

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At the request of the Agricultural Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, the Bureau of Home Economics has been designing cotton hose for women. The purpose is to develop acceptable hose that can be made from American-grown cotton.

The full-fashioned designs illustrated here were knit from
combed, gassed, and mercerized…