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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
Interrogation of a captured German non-commissioned officer, captured along with the loot. 1941
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Jesus Christ spits on Archbishop Makarios (Makarios III) after violence against Turkish Cypriots in the Christmas of 1963, also known as Bloody Christmas. Turkey, January 1964.
From the Cape to Cairo, Civilization vs Barbarism”, Puck Magazine, 1902
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Abortion will deprive you of happiness. USSR 1966
4 North Vietnamese soldiers walking among numerous ARVN military vehicle and equipment abandoned or destroyed on the road of Huế, the Vietnam War 1975
The Secret’s out… Gerber isn’t just for babies! Teen Magazine, March 1981.
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