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NATO (Soviet cartoon, 1979)
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
Halloween in the 1930s.
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German infantry and armor advancing during the opening days of Operation Barbarossa. Summer 1941.
1968 Robert Bruce, “Fashion’s Final Frontier” cotton shirt ad featuring William Shatner & DeForest Kelley!
An old caricature addressing the different colonial empires in Africa date early 1900s
River boat sailing under a bridge or tunnel on the Regent’s Canal, as workers stand next to it – London, England, United Kingdom, c. 1905.
South-Korean artist Nam June Paik’s pants fall down while meeting US President Bill Clinton, June 9th, 1998. (866×768)
Dixie Cups, 1969
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