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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
“Be careful with fire in a forest” USSR 1980’s
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«Afghanistan bids you bon voyage» A cartoon of Afghanistan as a graveyard of empires, 2021.
British soldier resting during the “Revolution of December ” , Athens 1944
Canadian troops landing in Juno beach, June 1944.
Tough enough to clean a super jet. Tame enough for a baby’s highchair, Janitor-in-a-Drum. 1970
Mural in Tehran, 1990s
A self-portrait photo taken by American paratrooper James Speed Hensinger while serving in Vietnam, 1970.
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