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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
A local woman makes her own flour (Tehuantepec, Mexico 1952)
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Grandparents wedding picture 1935
A Kriegsmarine sailor constructs a model of the German battleship Tirpitz while on board the actual ship , of the cost of Norway
Lead advertising. 1939.
American soldier marking the 38 parallel line in dirt at the appointed place, Korea 1947
Harry Hudec: A 508th HQ Parachute Infantry Regiment 82nd Airborne Division paratrooper who was a Regimental Boxing Champion during WW2. This photo was most likely taken in April 1945
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with his children, 1925 ca
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