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Sick Kicks: 1940

July 1940. "Florida agricultural migrant with a group who had their own tent which they pitched outside the grading station at Belcross, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

July 1940. "Florida agricultural migrant with a group who had their own tent which they pitched outside the grading station at Belcross, North Carolina." Photo by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

 

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This photo reminds of the historic photos that some people claim to show people using cell phones.

However, I looked it up and classic Chuck Taylor Converse sneakers date all the way back to the early 1920s. I imagine walking around in "basketball shoes" at this time was a rather daring and eye catching fashion choice though.

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