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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)
“June 22 1941: The Road to Freedom” – Estonian pro-Nazi poster.
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Berlin 1945. Photo by Petrusov.
“Deepen the criticism of Deng Xiaoping, strike against the right-leaning tendency of overturning the verdicts” Anti-Deng poster published in 1976.
Israel’s “aggression”, 1956
Qusay Hussein, son of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, fires a revolver in the air during a social event. 1980’s-1990’s. (719×820)
“Dad, Mom, Corn and Me”, Soviet Poster, 1962
April 27, 1975: After the Indiana Pacers used their team mascot to put a ‘hex’ on the Denver Nuggets, the Nuggets respond by hiring a witch to put a spell on the Pacers. The Nuggets lost both games.
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