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Portrait of a pair of women at the service counter of an unidentified department stores' 'Leg Make-Up Bar,' Cincinnati, Ohio, 1940s. Due to the wartime shortages of silk and nylon, the illusion of stockings was created via cosmetics at counters like this. (Photo by Cincinnati Museum Center/Getty Images)

Portrait of a pair of women at the service counter of an unidentified department stores' 'Leg Make-Up Bar,' Cincinnati, Ohio, 1940s. Due to the wartime shortages of silk and nylon, the illusion of stockings was created via cosmetics at counters like this. (Photo by Cincinnati Museum Center/Getty Images)