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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
Annette Kellerman promoting a woman’s right to wear a fitted, one-piece bathing suit in 1907. She was later arrested for indecency.
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1855. Men of 72 Highlanders who served in the Crimea: William Noble, Alexander Davison and John Harper. Not sure about the resolution. See the body text.
Date unknown. Anti communist poster.
Rhodesian woman stands next to a sedan, she has a teeshirt saying: “I’m staying, how about you”, Rhodesia, c. 1979 – April 1980.
1945 Propaganda Posters for the „Liberation” of Czechoslovakia
My dad and grandma, in their backyard in Montreal, circa 1960.
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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