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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
100 years after WW1 (New York Times, 2014)
“Rationing Means a Fair Share For All of Us” – USA, 1940s
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“The Jewish nose is bent. It looks like the number six…” Illustration from “The Poisonous Mushroom”, a collection of antisemetic children’s stories by Julius Streicher, 1938.
1983 Soviet Union stamp. “The righteous act of the Arabs of Palestine will prevail” is the translation.
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“The face at the window” — Illustration from World War I (circa November 1914) depicting a towering German soldier at John Bull’s window. By artist Franz Jüttner.
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