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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
“Corn, go full speed!”, 1964
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Dead end. late 1980s.
My mother who I never knew
The priest fires a machine gun. South Lebanon (Lebanese Civil War), May 1985 .
American paratrooper after combat in Vietnam, 1966
Granddad was always outstanding in his field.
“Be careful with fire in a forest” USSR 1980’s
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