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‘Racism tears Britain apart.’ – 2002 NUS/UJS Poster

Japanese high school students playing mahjong and injecting methamphetamine (Hiropon, ヒロポン) (ca. 1950)

Crews working to remove Dale Earnhardt from his vehicle, following the fatal crash on the last turn of the 199th lap of the Daytona 500 – on February 18th, 2001. (660 x 473)

Steve Greenberg (2010)

Marilyn Monroe – pinup model (circa 1946)

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‘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.
Categories: 1900s, War
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 .
Categories: 1900s, War
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
Categories: 1900s, Racism, War, WW2
Pan fried Nutburgers. Wrigley’ Spearmint Chewing Gum. 1950s
Categories: 1900s
“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.
Categories: 1900s
One of the only known photos of Mexican general & president Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, 1853. Known in the US for his role at “the Alamo” & notorious in Mexico for coming to power 11 times & losing over half of Mexico to the US in 1848, some regard him as the worst man in Mexican history (816×1154)
Categories: 1800s, USA
Police arrest a Falun Gong demonstrator at Tiananmen Square, October 12, 2000. At least 300 people protesting the ban of Falun Gong were arrested on the square that day, making it the largest demonstration at Tiananmen Square after 1989.
Categories: 1900s, 2000s
cease fire signature – North Korea 2009
Categories: 2000s
Lepa Radic, a 17 year old Serbian girl about to be hanged. She was asked by the Nazis where her accomplices were to which she replied, “You’ll Know Them When They Come To Avenge Me.” (1943)
Categories: Racism, WW2
The expression on the exhausted face of Captain Francis Fenton of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines after he was told that his overwhelmed company was nearly out of supplies and ammunition but that they were ordered to keep fighting the North Koreans at No Name Ridge. September 1950.
Categories: 1900s
“Colonial” Living Room Furniture from the Sears catalog, 1975
Categories: 1900s
Anti Racist Poster UK Circa 2000s
Categories: 2000s, Ads, Racism

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