Still in its packaging this early sample of a technological breakthrough from Wallace Carothers at the DuPont experiment station. Nylon was all the rage in the 1940s, causing at least one riot over the fashionable leg covering. This cord was another by-product though might have paled by comparison. #nostalgia #estatesale #nylon #chemistry #invention #oldproducts #1940sfashion #1940s
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