History Detectives

History Detectives

Coca-Cola Trade Card; Vicksburg Map; Lawrence Strike (4x3)


Air date: Jul 03, 2006

Puzzles involve an 1886 Coca-Cola trade card, a map connected to a Civil War battle and a billy club from a 1912 textile-factory strike in Lawrence, Mass. Included: a trip to Coca-Cola headquarters in Atlanta to try to verify the trade card info; digging up details pertaining to the 1863 siege of Vicksburg, Miss.; a journey to Lawrence to investigate the Bread and Roses strike.

  • Premiered: Jul 2003
  • Episodes: 114
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  • Ended
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