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Abraham Lincoln in George B. McClellan’s tent after the Battle of Antietam. Colorized (1862)

Italian propaganda poster from WW1, portraying a civilized personification of Italy fighting against a stereotypical Germanic barbarian. (ca. 1917)

The future USS Utah (SSN 801) being floated off the pontoon in Graving Dock #3 at General Dynamics Electric Boat. May 17, 2026.

Coal-Miner’s Bath, Chester-le-Street, Durham 1937.

My mother and big brother, 1948

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NATO (Soviet cartoon, 1979)
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A 1940 prison photo of Cleo Wright. Two years later, Wright was lynched. A white mob dragged him from his cell to to a black neighborhood and burned him alive in view of two church congregations. It was the first lynching to occur after the United States entered World War II, Missouri .
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When former slave Jordan Anderson was asked to come back and work for his old master, he replied with a deadpan letter asking for 52 years’ back pay as proof of good faith. The letter has been described as a rare example of documented ‘slave humor’ of the period. Below is Jourdon Anderson’s Letter.
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‘Victorian Child’ photo I found in an antique shop. I fell in love with how awkwardly perfect this photo is. I would really like to learn more, but I don’t know where to start.
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My Great Grandmother Violet in 1919, London
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100 years after WW1 (New York Times, 2014)
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