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May 1938. Bench warmers at the cooperative store in Irwinville Farms, Georgia. View full size. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. We met two of these characters in earlier posts.
"Dungaree" can just mean jeans in the US; these guys are wearing a version of overalls. I understand in the UK overalls=dungarees.
Why don't people wear Dungarees anymore?
Good salt of the earth honest people trying to prosper in difficult times....I remember when you felt especially important to be able to sit with the "grown-ups" and listen in, but you had to keep your trap shut and your ears open in order to do so.
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