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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
H/Captain Robert Seaborn, chaplain of the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment giving absolution to a fallen soldier of the 3rd Canadian Division near Caen, Normandy, 15th July 1944
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Tibetan monks with Czechoslovak motorcycle Jawa 250 in 1956. Czechoslovakia donated as gift two motorcycles Jawa 250 to Dalai Lama and Panchen Lama. In return, Czechoslovak delegation received as a gift two Leopard pups. (720×960)
Father James Coyle, famous for being murdered by KKK for performing an interracial marriage, Alabama unknown date
“CAUTION, You’re in The lands of the Islamic state! You must abide by Sharia Law!” (ISIS, 2014-2019).
Feminists’ satirical poster from 1915 arguing against men’s voting rights
My grandparents took these of each other in the summer of 1953. She was a high school junior and he was 20 and had just come back from serving in the Korean War. They’ve now been married 70 years.
Royal Marines taking part in invasion exercises in 1943.
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