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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
‘Persian Melon’ 💅🏼💄by Revlon® (Cosmetics), Circa 1957
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Nazi film director Leni Riefenstahl accidentally witnessing German soldiers shooting Jews in the Polish town of Końskie. 12 September 1939.
The Only Good Nazi is a Dead Nazi 1945
KFC ad from the 70s… WE USED TO BE A COUNTRY
Anti IRA poster 1980’s.
The ruins of a Russian post used to defend Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Circa 1854-1856.
WWII cartoon about conserving natural resources by Dr. Seuss, c. 1942
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