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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
“You Have Been Trapped!”demoralisation flyer aimed at British troops in Normandy, 1944
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With her husband at war, Mom works on the car, 1944. (761×697)
←not sexy sexy→ Brylcreem 1973
Hitler Election Poster 1932
German POWs captured during the Battle of Aachen being marched through the ruined streets of the city in October, 1944.
Ken Kozakiewicz breaks down in an evacuation helicopter after hearing that his friend, the driver of his Bradley FV, was killed in a “friendly fire” incident that he himself survived, Feb. 27, 1991. The following day, President Bush suspended offensive combat, declaring Kuwait liberated.(1600×1064)
Drink milk with a 9-inch cream line: Roberts “Homo” Milk (1941)
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