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My mother, 20, posing in her white satin gown on her wedding day. 1947
The ‘Sea Greyhound’ that couldn’t turn: The French cruiser Jurien de la Gravière. Built in 1899 to be the ultimate predator, she had a 2km turning circle and vibrated so much she nearly shook herself apart.
My great grandfather and his daughters Texas 1930s
A victim recovered after the sinking of the RMS Titanic, 1912.
Future WWII hero & French president Charles De Gaulle with his daughter Anne in the 1930’s. Anne was born with down syndrome but was never institutionalized, as was common at the time, & lived with her family until the end of her life. She died of pneumonia in 1948 at the age of 20 (1310×900)
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My grandma and her sister about 1950. Texas
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“An American Marine, in foreground, still clutches the knife with which he killed the Jap, in background, in a duel on Engebi Island, Eniwetok Atoll. A moment after finishing off his adversary, a sniper’s bullet killed the Marine.” ca. Feb 1944.
Pan fried Nutburgers. Wrigley’ Spearmint Chewing Gum. 1950s
A 1943 short film, titled “Der Fuehrer’s Face,” depicts Donald Duck trapped within the Nazi war machine, forced to work in a munitions factory assembling artillery shells
A photo of the aftermath of the Sétif and Guelma massacre. Immediately after the end of the war in Europe, the French embarked on a mass killing of Algerian independence protesters. Ironically, the massacre started on V.E. Day. Overall, 6,000 to 30,000 people were killed, 1945 .
‘Try to negotiate with THAT!’ — British cartoon from the Second World War (May 1940) criticising anti-war activists. Drawn by Philip Zec for the Daily Mirror.
“For Great Britain all races and peoples are equal”, Italy, 1944
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