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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
Ba’athist Iraqi officials overlook damage in Belgrade after 1999 bombing of Serbia, 1999
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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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