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WW2 (1942-3?) Mexican propaganda poster made by Antonio Arias Bernal: Hitler and three Nazi generals bumping into a much larger caricature of a Mexican man, rolling up his sleeves.

u/Aboveground_Plush — 4 days ago
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A family from the Kawésqar indigenous people of South America. They were sent to the Paris World’s Fair as exhibits in a “Human Zoo.” They were forced to live in cages and made to eat raw meat in front of spectators. 1889. [869x1200]

u/Aboveground_Plush — 9 days ago
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Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo departing from a train, 1940. Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic for over 30 years from 1930-1961, murdering over 50,000 people in the process, mostly his own citizens. By the time of his death, he was one of the wealthiest men in the world (5981x6783)

u/Aboveground_Plush — 10 days ago
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u/Aboveground_Plush — 14 days ago
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The Battle of Iquique (May 21, 1879) was a naval engagement between Peru and Chile during the War of the Pacific. The battle took place between the Huáscar, commanded by Miguel Grau, and the Esmeralda, commanded by Arturo Prat, off the port of Iquique. Although the Huáscar sank the Esmeralda, the battle is remembered more for its figures than for the military outcome: Prat became a national hero in Chile for his final boarding action, and Grau in Peru for his chivalry and respect for the enemy

u/Aboveground_Plush — 22 days ago