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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
Grandma kept saying sternly: “without God you cannot cross any threshold!” but the bright light of science has proved that god doesn’t exist! (Soviet poster, 1965)
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813th Squadron, England, 1944
American freedom. Soviet Union, 1960’s
A Japanese prisoner of war at Guam, Mariana Islands, covers his face after hearing Hirohito making the announcement of Japan’s unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945
“Let Chinese-Soviet Friendship Live Forever!” poster, 1959
January 20th, 1945, the first 4 units of RAF Gloster Meteor F3 jet fighters arrive in Melsbroek, Belgium to counter a possible threat by German Messerschmitt Me-262. They were all painted white for easy ID, a full squadron would be there by March that year.
“God. Nation. Labour. Glory to Russia” Poster of biggest(up to 25000 members at its peak) neo-nazi group from Russia — Russian National Unity. 1990s.
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