Skip to content
Latest :
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)
John Quincy Adams – c. 1840 – the 6th POTUS
Love This Image? You Can Post It!
you might also like
Dead Hitler Digs His Way To Hell
High Ranking Iranian Officers begging the Shah to not leave Iran. Iran, 1979
My Great Uncle, David. Drill Sergeant. Decorated Vietnam Veteran.
Drinking was fun in Belize in the 1980’s
The end of a 600-year era, as the last Ottoman sultan, Vahidettin, leaves the country. November 17 1922.
Adelie penguin stands beside the apartheid-era South African flag, Antarctica, 1966
Previous
330
331
332
Next
Load More Posts
Page load link
Go to Top
