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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
The deadliest day in auto racing history: Pierre Levegh’s Mercedes crashes during the 24h du Mans race on June 11, 1955. Killing the pilot and 82 spectators
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Rejected cover by New Yorker cartoonist Danny Shanahan (2012)
HOW TO BE LIKED by both boys & girls! 16 Magazine, 1966
Cellar of Ipatiev house in Yekaterinburg, where the former emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra and their five children were murdered along with their servants on July 17, 1918. C. 1923
Great 3X Aunt Martha “Bram” (1870)
Despise the US! (1951, China)
“You Have Been Trapped!”demoralisation flyer aimed at British troops in Normandy, 1944
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