‘Flag man’ brings color to the Elm City
Vendor sells flags, memories to residents
Between the I-95 highway and the placid New Haven Harbor waters, 35 flags continually beat back and forth, defying their otherwise colorless urban surroundings.
The flags are Bill Shields’s and he has many more to offer — 600 types, at least. Known as the “Flag Man of Long Wharf Drive,” the merchant has advertised his colorful products within sight of the I-95, tethering them to his small, white van. The spot along Long Wharf Drive is perfect, he said, because the wind and the highway comprise his “publicity agent.”
“Madison Avenue couldn’t get me more attention,” he said,...
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