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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
100 years after WW1 (New York Times, 2014)
Stouffer’s Spinach Soufflé, 1970
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AIDS protest poster for Benetton Colors Magazine. The edition featured a fake “obituary” of former President Ronald Reagan and a picture with his face retouched as if he was diagnosed with AIDS. 1994
Mongolian painting (1967) celebrating friendship with the USSR. Artist: Ürjingiin Yadamsüren.
Mother & Son, 1885
Dresden after the allied bombing 1945.
STOP your hair falling out, use COKE dandruff cure. 1901
Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry, California, 1942
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