Soviet cartoon from the Second World War (1942) showing a concerned Goebbels inspecting soldiers at the front while holding a propaganda image of a cheery soldier behind his back. Artist: Kukryniksy.

My mother in 1943, age 17. Passed last month 9 days short of 99.

Kodachrome photo of young ladies posing with a baby, South Carolina 1956.

Picture of “Congolese men holding cut-off hands” captured by Alice Seeley Harris in Baringa, May 1904.

My mom and her doll – 1937. Fortunately, she was much more loving to me. She grew up to manage an opera company and play the piano for a symphony. But she left her doll in the dirt at two years of age, and she looks quite pleased with herself.