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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)
This summer, MORE women are turning to MEDS! 1941
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“By condemning the previous, we could have prevented the following”- Poster on the conmmemoration 100th of the armenian genocide. (2015)
1979 ad for Spot-Bilt shoes
“Let’s Get Down to Business.” Munsingwear’s “Stretchy-Seat” Underwear for Men. c1940s
“Don’t let her grow up without hearing the TRUTH!” – Leaflet for Radio Free Europe, 1959
My Great Grandma (Nana) With Her Parents in the 1900s
“Einstein Takes Up The Sword” – 1933
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