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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
Jeju citizens awaiting execution during the Jeju massacre of 1948.
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Beautiful light-eyed young woman, circa 1870s.
Feminist poster. -“Don’t waste your free time, Keep your leisure busy with sports!” 1954, USSR. By Sergei Grigorievich Romanov
Old Persian carpet from Iran depicting the geopolitics of Europe, 1913.
Ride with hitler, 1943
Historical photo of an Autoped in use by a traffic cop in Newark, New Jersey, 1922
“How to tell Japs from the Chinese” United States, 1941.
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