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NATO (Soviet cartoon, 1979)
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
1970’s era Kraft cheese. I liked the smoky bacon flavored one.
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Gail Borden Condensed Milk. 1887
Sears Shag Carpet Ad, early 1970’s
My mother (circa 50s)
Ironic 1989 NATO celebration poster making fun of member states
Ed Clarity’s prize-winning photo of a woman about to snatch a child from water whit a net at Rockaway Beach on Aug. 24, 1958.
Booby bombs & Thermonuclear navels
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