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October 1938. "Sign at Rice Festival in Crowley, Louisiana." Alternate title: "The Ballad of Competing (and Possibly Complementary) Imperatives." 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Imagine the racket if you poured Coke over a bowlful of Rice Krispies.
I can only hope they locked the bell towers and kept an eye on the hypoglycemics.
Several "calls to action" here, eat and drink being my favorites!
I can hear Chick-fil-A's lawyers salivating over this.
I don't think the potential for humor escaped Russell Lee.
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