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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
Democrats vs. Republicans. Russian caricature 2018.
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My Grandpa in the late 50s, he was the greatest, miss him
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X at the Capitol listening to the Senate debate on the Civil Rights bill. The two met for only one minute. 1964 ( 1920×2104)
“Russian airstrikes” (Syria, 2015)
Portrait of a young man with facial scars (Africa c1900)
Iranian illustration (1960) satirising the ‘unveiling’ of Iranian women. Published on the cover of Tofigh, a famous satirical magazine.
A Muslim woman covers the yellow star of her Jewish neighbour with her veil to protect her, Sarajevo, 1941.
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