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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
1976 Smokehouse Almonds Ad
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Desmond Thomas Doss & his wife Dorothy after receiving the Medal of Honor from President Harry Truman on October 12, 1945. .
An undercover police officer on duty. New York, Brooklyn, 1 July 1969
Polish soldier with a small cat on his shoulder, 1944-45
My Grandpa Jones and his dog.
U – 530 (U boat 530) the nazi submarine that surrendered to argentine forces in the naval base of mar del plata, 10 of july 1945
German armored train abandoned at Paris Saint Lazare train station, August 1944
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