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Bill Shields, the “Flag Man of Long Wharf Drive,” sits in the van that serves as the storefront for his flag-selling business.
Lea Yu/Contributing Photographer
Bill Shields, the “Flag Man of Long Wharf Drive,” sits in the van that serves as the storefront for his flag-selling business.

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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.

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