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A Jewish family works on garters in the kitchen of a New York City tenement home. Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine, November, 1912. View full size.
Well in this particular case you can tell your daughter that they are used to hold up a gentleman's socks. Ladies' garters looked...different. You can still buy gentlemen's garters - you can certainly find them online.
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