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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)
Anita Berber Berlin, 1921. (640×987)
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An M4 Sherman tank equipped with flame-thrower in the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
My great great great great, so on for a few thousand more greats grandmother. She would be 3.2 million years old today.
“The Labor Movement” (2006)
“Once again, Europe defends its Culture against the Onslaught of the East”. Waffen-SS poster from June,1941
Turkish woman ! give your vote to those who give you the right to vote | 1946 Turkish General Election
“New. Lipstick with lipliner built right in!” (Tussy Two-Tone ad from McCall’s magazine 1965)
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