Today in 1939, “Cactus Jack” gets some sweet, sweet citrus:

“National Citrus Week got off to a good start today when beauties from the citrus-growing sates presented Vice President Garner with baskets of the luscious fruit. Left to right: Martha Talley of Texas; Vice President Garner; Mrs. Claude Pepper, wife of the Senator from Florida; and Jill Illingworth of California, 1/23/39”

A couple of months later, John Nance Garner was on the cover of Time. He’s known for saying the vice presidency isn’t “worth a bucket of warm spit” (except that he probably used a stronger word than “spit”).

(Photo by Harris & Ewing via the Library of Congress, which notes the caption information is unverified)