LizzieMaine
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These are from a run of the mill catalog. Novelty stockings were hugely popular. I'm sure the patriotic ones were big sellers.
Novelty hose became especially popular after nylon went off to war -- fancy designs helped conceal the fact that rayon hose wasn't as sheer as nylon. It also helped that rayon didn't last as long as nylon, so before you could get tired of the novelty stockings they'd already worn out.
That also explains why they're hard to find today.