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My great aunt Julie (left) and unidentified girl, late 1920s, NY
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.
“Sex is no accident. Always use a condom”. MTV, late 1980s
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Japanese WWII poster
My 5th great grandfather, born in 1771 in the Colony of Virginia. This was taken in the 1840s or 1850s in Tennessee. His 2x great grandfather arrived in the colony in 1653.
German soldier demonstrating the handling of a Sturmpistole in the anti-tank role, 30 October 1943.
USAAF Boeing B-17 Crewmen wearing RAF goggles with sun visors pose with their high altitude gear at Polebrook, 1942
The contrast:- British liberty and French liberty – anti French Revolution poster from the late 18th century.
Central Council for Health Education (1965)
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