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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
Obergefreiter of the Luftwaffe field division in Russia, 1942
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Swastika neon light on top of the branch of the Russian Fascist Party in Manzhouli 1934
My great grandmother holding me in 1965. Just found this picture today for the first time.
Girls say YES to boys who say NO”, United States, 1968
A young Osama Bin Laden (center) at a judo class in the early 1980’s. Despite later becoming an islamist guerilla terrorist, Osama was born into one of the wealthiest & most powerful families in Saudi Arabia, & experienced a very happy, privileged childhood, even inheriting $25-30 million (1200×800)
Grandma with her younger brother and sister ~1913
B-17 Flying Fortress crewmembers Gus Palmer, side gunner, and Horace Poolaw, both of the Kiowa Nation stand near their aircraft at MacDill Field, Fla., in about 1944.
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