History Detectives

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  • Documentary History Mystery

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6x11
Slave Songbook/Josh White Guitar/Birthplace of Hip Hop
Episode overview
Slave Songbook - Are these tattered pages the earliest record of music created by slaves? Josh White Guitar - What role did this guitar play in the transformation of the music industry .. show full overview
6x1
WWII Diary/Annie Oakley Coin/1856 Mormon Tale
Episode overview
WWII Diary: Does this diary hold the key to understanding the fate of a missing bomber pilot from World War II? Annie Oakley Coin: Was this coin a target for one of the Wild West's most .. show full overview
6x2
Red Hand Flag/Seth Eastman Painting/Isleton Tong
Episode overview
Red Hand Flag: Is this peculiar flag one that African-American soldiers marched under in the war to end all wars? Seth Eastman Painting: Is this painting an original depiction of Native .. show full overview
6x3
Japanese Balloon Bomb/Society Circus Program/Camp David Letter
Episode overview
Japanese Balloon Bomb: Is this scrap of fabric evidence of a secret wartime attack on the United States' mainland? Society Circus Program: Why are some of New York's wealthiest planning .. show full overview
6x4
China Marine Jacket/Airstream Caravan/Lincoln Forgery
Episode overview
China Marine Jacket: Can the symbols on this unusual item of clothing identify a marine who may have witnessed a Chinese paradise tumbling into disaster? Airstream Caravan: Was this .. show full overview
6x5
Hindenburg Artifact/Bonus Army Stamp/Dempsey Fight Bell
Episode overview
Hindenburg Artifact Was this device snatched from the burning wreckage of the ill-fated zeppelin? Bonus Army Stamp: Is this stamp connected to a moment when the U.S. Army advanced with .. show full overview
6x6
GAR Photograph/Bill Pickett Saddle/Hiter Films
Episode overview
GAR Photograph: How did two African Americans come to be part of this photograph of about 20 older white men in Reconstructionist-era America? Bill Pickett Saddle: Did this saddle ride .. show full overview
6x7
Black Tom Shell/USS Olympia Glass/Front Street Blockhouse
Episode overview
Black Tom Shell: Is this shell from a devastating act of foreign sabotage on American soil? USS Olympia Glass: Could this farmhouse door have sailed into battle in one of the country's .. show full overview
6x8
John Adams Book/Mankato Spoon/NC-4
Episode overview
John Adams Book: Do these tattered pages open the book on a President who built a nation even as his own son fell into ruin? Mankato Spoon: What does this delicate silver spoon have to .. show full overview
6x9
Shipwreck Cannons/Connecticut Farmhouse/Kahil Gibran Painting
Episode overview
Shipwreck Cannons: Are these the last remains of a navy schooner that fought in a border dispute with the mighty British Empire? Connecticut Farmhouse: How is this Connecticut farmhouse .. show full overview
6x10
Blueprint Special/Monroe Letter/Atocha Spanish Silver
Episode overview
Blueprint Special: Did this record play a dramatic role in the Allied victory during the Second World War? Monroe Letter: Does this letter link America's fifth President to the high .. show full overview