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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
A rice cake seller. Japan, 1914
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My sweet little great grandparents in 1986
Scottish sniper from C Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch in position in a ruined building in Gennep, the Netherlands, 14 February 1945
Grandparents after the War
“There’s no way like the American Way” by Margaret Bourke-White, 1937
1929 – Boarding of British Airship R101 – This would likely be the Airships last voyage as it crashed shortly after in France. (1170 x 847)
“Profilo Continuo” — 360 degrees profile of Mussolini; futurist sculpture by Renato Bertelli, 1933
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