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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
Chesterfield Cigarettes featuring Rory Calhoun and wife, Lita Baron, 1955
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Spanish Egyptologist Eduardo Toda y Güell, who discovered and opened the intact tomb of Sennedjem standing next to the ancient Egyptian mummies in the Bulak Museum. Filmed in 1885.
“ONE DAY SHE WILL WAKE UP” by American artist Robert Berkeley in 1925 stating that one day the balance of forces will change.
My grandma a beautiful teenager 1940s
Dutch troops in a camouflaged trench near Westervoort, close to Arnhem, during the mobilization of 1939-40
Matt Wuerker (2011)
Great Grandma and Grandpa 1971
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