Samuel Phillips Verner (center) with random Africans he bought from African slave traders on behalf of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904 and passed off as "pygmies" at World's Fair. - History Education Network

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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)

My parents’ wedding, 1949

Samuel Phillips Verner (center) with random Africans he bought from African slave traders on behalf of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition 1904 and passed off as “pygmies” at World’s Fair.

Categories: 1900s

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