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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
USS Ticonderoga steams down Puget Sound, Washington, United States on her trials after substantial repairs from battle damage, Apr 16, 1945.
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The members of the Dutch girl band Babe visiting Dutch peacekeepers in Lebanon, 1980.
My Okinawan family, c. 1914
“Treat ‘Em Rough! Join the tanks”, USA, 1917
“You will not make Australia home”,Operation Sovereign Borders 2013
French soldiers with a capture Mg42, the alpine front 1944
1965 – My Grandparents farmhouse Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA
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