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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
Hundreds of B-17 Flying Fortresses awaiting the scrap heap, 1946.
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The last image taken of British explorers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine as they were about to leave Camp IV on the morning of June 6, 1924, for their ill-fated attempt to summit Mount Everest. Mallory’s body was found in 1999, Irvine’s body has yet to be found .
Choplets… meatlike nourishment. 1948
German and Soviet officers shaking hands following the conclusion of the invasion of Poland – 1939
1940s-1980s not sure date please translate google leans seems to not do so well
‘Murica 1940’s
May 21st, 1927, Charles Lindbergh flies into Le Bourget Field, Paris, France aboard the Spirit of St. Louis, becoming the first person to fly Solo Across the Atlantic Ocean.
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