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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
George Luz and Bill Guarnere, with Red Wright and Leo Boyle at the 1982 Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division “Band of Brothers” reunion.
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7 Oct 1943, Ottla Kafka, beloved sister of author Franz Kafka, was gassed on arrival at Auschwitz after volunteering to escort a group of orphans from the Terezin ghetto so they wouldn’t be afraid
The first two women to become lawyers in the state of Nebraska. My mother and her mentor, Margaret Fischer, 1970s
SHELL Research shrinks inappropriate traffic boners. 1938
I am 10 years old like our Republic! GDR Propaganda 1959.
The joy of San Antonio farmer Sam Smith’s face as he celebrates rain on Easter Sunday after a severe drought in 1951. Taken by Harvey Belgin and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
There’s no such thing as a Nintendo, 1990, Nintendo of America inc.
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