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Priorities unemployment. No more silk....The embargo on imports from Japan meant no more silk stockings, clothing, other non-defense articles. The Office of Production Management (OPM) reserved existing silk supplies for parachutes, for powder bags for defense under the government's system for priorities

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Priorities unemployment. No more silk....The embargo on imports from Japan meant no more silk stockings, clothing, other non-defense articles. The Office of Production Management (OPM) reserved existing silk supplies for parachutes, for powder bags for defense under the government's system for priorities

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Public domain photograph of the United States in the 1930s, portraits, people, events, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Date

01/01/1941

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Contributors

Palmer, Alfred T., photographer

United States. Office for Emergency Management.

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Location

38.88868, -77.00472

Google Map of 38.888684, -77.00471900000002

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Library of Congress

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http://www.loc.gov/

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Public Domain