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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
Pilots of the American 8th Bomber Command wearing high altitude clothes, oxygen masks and flight goggles, 1942
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The crew of USS Miami (CL-89) cleans up after bombarding the Palau Islands in 1944
The crew of USS Miami (CL-89) cleans up after bombarding the Palau Islands in 1944
My Great-Great-Grandfather (born 1881)
“Israel unlawfully takes the lands of Arab people” by Mark Abramov. Date unknown.
“Don’t believe witch doctor!” by R. Surianinov, 1959
“You must be here to fix the phone!” Lord, you can imagine where it goes from here. Bell, 1974
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