Cuba

"Cuba," mascot of the Arizona Rough Ridgers, S.L., 1890s

sharlot, Sharlot Hall Museum Archives, Call Number an014p, Spanish American War

Epsom Races

Beggar running alongside King George V’s coach, Epsom Races, ca 1920

retronaut via Nationaal Archief

Phillis Wheatley

Phillis Wheatley, (May 8, 1753 – December 5, 1784),was the first published African American poet and first African-American woman whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature. Born in Gambia, she was made a slave at age seven. She was purchased by the Wheatley family of Boston, who taught her to read and write, and helped encourage her poetry. 
"On being brought from Africa to America"
Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there's a God, that there's a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
"Their colour is a diabolic dye."
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refin'd, and join th' angelic train.´  

poemhunter

Vintage Museum

One of the Dining Rooms

Baron Alexander von Stieglitz (1814–1884) was a Russian philanthropist and banker. He was the first governor of the State Bank of the Russian Empire, the predecessor organization to today’s Central Bank of the Russian Federation.  Photographs shown here how successful financiers of the nineteenth century used to live in Russia. (second photo shows one of the Living Rooms)

Source: via humus