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NATO (Soviet cartoon, 1979)
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
Feminists’ satirical poster from 1915 arguing against men’s voting rights
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„Look, great things have been achieved“ GDR propaganda poster 1974
Canadian soldiers swimming and relaxing nude on the Ottawa River, 1916
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My great grandma and her brother, John. Their last ever photo together💔 1939
The McDonald’s Big Mac (1979)
An American soldier at Saddam Hussein’s palace (Iraq) in 2003
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