Dear Carol, Our collection may be too late for you, but file it away anyway - someday you may want to move forward in time. The Steamboat Bertrand Collection has men and women's machine knit stockings securely dated to 1865. If you want further information please contact me at work: [log in to unmask] (Sorry for the belated response...) ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ museum-l.html. You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).