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Club Continental, St. V-Day Massacre, Society Circus Program

Our Prohibition Era episode: Why does our contributor's father have a Club Continental business card? What did Fred Nicolls do for this glitzy LA underworld night club? Then was this shotgun used in the infamous St. Valentine's Day Massacre? And why was FDR on the celebrity list for this Society Circus benefit?
Season 9 Episode 11 Length 55:10 Premiere: 09/26/11

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Season 9 Episodes

Chandler Tintype, Hollywood Indian Ledger, Harlem Heirs
S9 E12 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 10/10/11

Club Continental, St. V-Day Massacre, Society Circus Program
S9 E11 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 09/26/11

Order of Leopold, Suffrage Pennant, WB Cartoon
S9 E10 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 09/19/11

1775 Almanac, Exercise Records, Moon Museum
S9 E9 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 09/05/11

Marion Carpenter Camera, Drug Smuggling Doll, Florida Map
S9 E8 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 08/29/11

Hot Town Poster, Andrew Jackson Mouth, and Modoc Basket
S9 E7 Length 56:10 Premiere Date 08/22/11

Japanese Cane, Revolutionary Telescope & I.W. Baker's...
S9 E6 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 07/25/11

Top Secret Drone, Roosevelt's War Club & Clara Barton Letter
S9 E5 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 07/18/11

Civil War Letters, Aviation Fabric & African American...
S9 E4 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 07/11/11

John Brown Spear, US Bullet in Siberia & Ronald McDonald...
S9 E3 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 07/04/11

Propaganda Leaflet,Tiffany Window & Spanish Civil War Eulogy
S9 E2 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 06/27/11

A Hero in Hawaii, Civil War Cannon & Stuntman Pioneer
S9 E1 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 06/20/11

Club Continental: Underworld Calling Card
Clip Length 18:58 Premiere Date 09/26/11

Behind the Scenes - Series Three
Clip Length 01:53 Premiere Date 04/29/05

Sports Memorabilia
Clip Length 01:41 Premiere Date 04/28/05

Provenance
Clip Length 02:13 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Trash or Treasure
Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 05/31/03

House Dating
Clip Length 02:06 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Real or Fake
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Preservation
Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Causes of the Civil War
Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Thin Section Analysis
Clip Length 01:30 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Genealogy
Clip Length 01:36 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Underground Railroad
Clip Length 01:26 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Behind the Scenes - Flintlock Rifle
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 04/27/03

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Wes Cowan decodes the message and strategy behind a U.S. World War II propaganda leaflet. Researching a family heirloom, a watercolor, leads Gwen Wright to Tiffany stained-glass, and opportunity for early 20th century women. And a touching eulogy unites a nephew and a son of two American soldiers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.

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Wes Cowan investigates a raid on the federal armory in Harpers Ferry. Eduardo Pagan wonders why U.S. troops were in Siberia during World War I and Elyse Luray sizes up a Ronald McDonald costume.

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Civil War Letters, Lindbergh-Sikorsky Fabric - S9 E4

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A Civil War soldier's letter, fabric from an aircraft that could be linked to Charles Lindbergh and Igor Sikorsky, and a 1950s African American comic book.

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Drone Propeller, Teddy Roosevelt's War Club - S9 E5

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A propeller from a World War II drone, a wooden club that could be Teddy Roosevelt's, and a letter that Clara Barton could have written concerning a soldier's life.

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Japanese Carved Cane, Kittery Telescope, Baker's Gold - S9 E6

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Can the Japanese characters carved into this cane unlock the mystery of a family's past in a World War II relocation camp? Can the detectives trace this unusual wooden telescope to its Revolution era ancestor? And, is a drawing of huge, eight pound gold nuggets genuine or another example of Gold Rush hype?

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