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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 .
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)
American soldiers fighting near Monte Cassino, Italy 1944
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Children playing in Central Park, the building in the distance is the Clark mansion, NYC, 1910s
Soviet flamethrower soldiers fight for the city of Küstrin 03/12/1945. Photo by A. Kapustyansky
Mom Hack: 7-UP in Milk 1955
Marilyn Monroe wiping away tears after it was announced she had filed for divorce from Joe DiMaggio (1954)
American soldiers surrender to the SS-Kampfgruppe Peiper . Stoumont, Belgium. 12/19/1944
American Communist Poster, USA 1932
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