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Birth of the Zoot Suit and Wartime Satire
A satirical piece recalls the first zoot suit ordered in 1940 by a Gainesville bus boy and mocks wartime bureaucrats. It lampoons a bus boy, Sylvanius Hooksey, Octavius Zippey, and others while venting distrust of government measures on oysters and production plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frierson-McEvers
Gainesville
Sylvanius Hooksey
Parts
Octavius Zippey
Ickes
Mr. Ickes
Harold
Stokes
Elmer Twitchell