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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
How she likes them. U.S. Navy 1940’s
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Swedish armed forces: “A flag worth defending. We defend human rights, the equal worth of every human being and our right to live as we choose.” // Sweden // 2021
American troops holding a funeral for fallen soldiers, a chaplain reads for the dead. 1942-1945, somewhere in the Pacific.
Canada (2016), impressive how they managed to annoy the entire political spectrum at once
As part of Operation Chowhound in 1945, a B-17 Flying Fortress drops food parcels for the starving Dutch population of the completely destroyed town of Schiphol.
An American gun grew advancing against the Germans during the Meuse–Argonne offensive in 1918 during the First World War
In the White House, Gerald Ford is announcing his decision to grant a pardon to Richard Nixon. Washington DC, United States. September 8, 1974
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