There is talk of renaming the Talmadge Memorial Bridge in Savannah. Even for his day, its namesake, Gene Talmadge, was a pretty blatant racist. Here are three pencils he used as campaign items during World War Two that I purchased at an antique shop in Kennesaw in the seventies.More Talmadge items from my collection.
These three pencils have no erasers. Instead, on the eraser ends of these wartime political items these words are printed:
"RUBBER
once used for
erasers, now
used to
'Rub Out'
JAPS!"
"LET'S KEEP
TALMADGE FOR GOVERNOR
Vote For 'GENE'
September 9th
Fulton County Headquarters • 508 Ansley Hotel
UNION MADE"
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