regarding the plunderbund : Adlai Stevenson thread in Q and A, dr. bill writes,

"Remember the campaign picture of him sitting with his legs crossed, showing big hole in sole of his shoe?"

well, no; I was just a callow youth in '52, and it didn't make an imprint on my memory; but here, through the magic of GoogleŽ Images, is that photo:
http://www.flintj.com/125/paper/galleries/history/source/14.html