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Model Railcraft Supply Depot
Distance: 1.4 Mi60 Broad Street
7701 Red Bank -
Osteotech, Inc.
Distance: 4.0 Mi51 James Way
7724 Eatontown -
Haute Clothing Inc.
Distance: 21.3 Mi1449 Pinewood St
07065 Rahway -
Taste It Presents, Inc.
Distance: 25.9 Mi200 Sumner Ave
07033-1319 Kenilworth -
Callahan Chemical Corporation
Distance: 36.7 Mi200 Industrial Ave
7660 Ridgefield Park
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The History of Underwear Remnants of leather loincloths have been found with the remains of pre-historic man living more than 7,000 years ago. The loincloth is the simplest and probably the first undergarment worn by human beings. It was often worn alone in warmer climates and covered by outer garments in colder areas. Egyptians as long ago as 2, 000 B.C. used fabric to form an undergarment over which they wore other clothing. In tombs of the pharaohs, supplies of underwear for further use after death were buried with them. Ancient Greeks dressed very simply with a 'chiton', an oblong of woolen cloth large enough to wrap around the body from the neck down to just above the knees. The side left open was fastened by a 'fibulae'