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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.
My Great Grandmother Violet in 1919, London
100 years after WW1 (New York Times, 2014)
American Red Cross ‘In the service of those who suffer’ (ca. 1917–1921) Charles Bosseron Chambers
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A tank repair workshop in combat conditions at the front line. Major Cherkushevich’s tank unit. On the right is a T-34-76 tank with an open engine compartment. 1941
“Energy Vampires.” Russian caricature on the war in Libya, 2011.
The Trickle-down theory. 1984
In a televised address from the Oval Office, President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he will not seek re-election, 31 March 1968
“He came from Spain… he stayed with us for two gay, topsy-turvy weeks…” The Valentino Touch. Batchelors, 1952.
A young Luftwaffe soldier named Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, later known as Pope Benedict XVI, Germany 1943
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