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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
Depiction of Lenin by Jozo Kljaković // Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes // 1924
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Teenagers at a party in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1947, 4th Most Popular Colorized Photos of 2023
My great grandmother, taken in 1905. I love that she is smiling!
Werner Von Braun after capture by OSS agents in 1945.
”Anti-Western Fashion” Soviet Poster, 1970s
“Tax the loafer – not the loaf” – Britain, 1920s
Happy holidays! // Soviet Union // 1946
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