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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
Chevy Chevette: It’ll drive you happy ad, 1977
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An English soldier rescues a little girl from the ruins of her home during the aerial bombings of London, July 30, 1944
My Great-Grandmother, Geneva Dalton, Struggling to Contain Her Joy, 1920s-ish
Like Diet Soda (1960’s) The First Soft Drink Just for Girls….
Chinese poster in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region banning Muslim apparel (2014)
Brigitte Helm cooling off on the set of Fritz Lang’s ”Metropolis”, 1927.
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