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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.
‘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.
My Great Grandmother Violet in 1919, London
100 years after WW1 (New York Times, 2014)
Image from 1945 of Mussolini and his facist regimes public humiliation
Door to a temple in French Indochina, 2 boys can be seen close by it, 1916.
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The Unexplainable blinking lights! 1950s
Coal Miner’s son digging coal from mine refuse on the road side. The picture was taken December 23, 1936 on a cold day when the town was buried in snow. The child was barefoot and seemed to be used to it. He was a quarter mile from his home. Scott’s Run, West Virginia. (WPA- Lewis Hine photographer)
Finnish Bofors 40mm gun crew, Suulajärvi, Karelian Isthmus, 26 August 1943
“The First Lesson” – USSR, 1964
John F. Kennedy campaigning door to door ,1960
“It Will Be A Great Day..” USA 1970
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