Feb 5
Tremendous crowds, men as well as women, jammed every available inch of standing space on the fifth floor of Macy's as the store put 50,000 pairs of nylons on unadvertised sale, February 5, 1946. There was a limit of two pair per customer. By the time the store opened, a crowd of three thousand was jammed outside the doors, and they were soon joined by many thousands more. There must still have been a nylon shortage after the war.
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