Video: History Detectives
HISTORY DETECTIVES returns to explore the stories behind historic sites, artifacts and tall tales told in cities across the country, with the help of an inquisitive team of fact-finders with an uncanny talent for uncovering the truth.
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History Detectives | Web Exclusive Preview: Box Car Home | PBS (#706)
A Colorado couple makes an unusual discovery in their basement. 15:38
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History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 5 | PBS (#705)
Full Program: Tokyo Rose Recording; Crazy Horse Photo; World War II Diary 54:44
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History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 4 | PBS (#704)
Full Program: Sideshow Babies; Lubin Photos; Navajo Rug 54:44
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History Detectives | Web Exclusive Preview: Sideshow Babies | PBS (#704)
Tiny babies are put on display in an incubator at the Chicago World's Fair. 15:41
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History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 3 | PBS (#703)
Full Program: St. Valentine's Day Massacre; Booth Letter; Cemetery Alarm 54:54
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History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 2 | PBS (#702)
Full Program: Manhattan Project Patent; Galleon Shipwreck; Creole Poems 54:54
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History Detectives | Season 7, Episode 1 | PBS (#701)
Full Program: Psychophone; War Dog Letter; Pancho Villa Watch Fob 54:50
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History Detectives | Season VII Highlight Reel | PBS
Investigating strange and mysterious objects from the past take the HISTORY DETECTIVES down the seldom explored avenues of our history. 04:32
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HISTORY DETECTIVES | Josh White Guitar | PBS (#611)
A Michigan man owns a Guild brand acoustic guitar that he says once belonged to legendary African-American folksinger Josh White, who is credited with introducing black folk, gospel and blues... 17:38
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HISTORY DETECTIVES | Slave Songbook | PBS (#611)
The president of the Mayme A. Clayton Library & Museum in Culver City, California, recently discovered an unusual book in his late mother's extraordinary collection of African-American artifacts. 17:41
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 10 | PBS (#610)
Full Program: Blueprint Special; Monroe Letter; Atocha Spanish Silver 54:07
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 9 | PBS (#609)
Full Program: Shipwreck Cannons; Connecticut Farmhouse; Kahlil Gibran Painting 54:07
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 8 | PBS (#608)
Full Program: John Adams Book; Mankato Spoon; NC-4: First Across The Atlantic 54:07
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 5 | PBS (#605)
Full Program: Hindenburg Artifact; Bonus Army Stamp; Dempsey Fight Bell 54:07
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 4 | PBS (#604)
Full Program: China Marine Jacket; Airstream Caravan; Lincoln Forgery 54:08
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 3 | PBS (#603)
Full Program: Japanese Balloon Bomb; Society Circus Program; Camp David Letter 54:08
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 2 | PBS (#602)
Full Program: Red Hand Flag; Seth Eastman Painting; Isleton Tong. 54:06
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History Detectives | Season 6, Episode 1 | PBS (#601)
Full Program: WWII Diary Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War !!? Annie Oakley Coin Was this coin a target for one of the Wild West's most popular... 54:07
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