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December 1940. "Resident of Nashville, Tennessee." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
A pen in one vest pocket, a pencil in the other. Very nattily attired, I might add.
I always thought that lapel flag pins first became popular in the late 1960s, most often worn by Nixon supporters. But apparently the "silent majority" didn't invent them.
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