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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
My great grandma and her brother, John. Their last ever photo togetherđź’” 1939
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Inhabitants of Turin watch the FIAT Lingotto plant burning and collapsing after an Allied air raid, 29 March 1944
«The evolution of the fighting man» between 1914 and 1918.
Grandpa and me (1 week) 1947
This is a photo of Lou Conter, who passed away today at the age 102. Lou was the last remaining survivor of the USS Arizona, which was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Actors Raymond Burr and Vic Perrin in a publicity still for CBS Radio’s Fort Laramie, 1956. This excellent show ran one season. The next year, Burr was cast as Perry Mason for television (more info below)
Take one before retiring… Sussan’s trio of tantalising tranquillisers. 1970s
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