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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
Dutch cyclist Piet Van Kempen circles the track at Wembley during a six day cycling event, London, 25th September 1936
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“First Iraq, then France” (pro-war bumper sticker, U.S.A., 2003)
A young Mao Zedong leading the socialist revolution. Doing a speech in Yenan – north China – to the local farmer population, 1944.
Italian illustration (1937) showing Mussolini walking between Blackshirts. Artist: Achille Beltrame.
Portuguese illustration published on the front cover of the weekly Ilustração Portuguesa in November 1922 to celebrate the centenary of Brazilian independence
Famous friends, Henry Ford and George Washington Carver. Circa 1940
Go help your wife! // Soviet Union // 1980
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