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Japanese Cane, Revolutionary Telescope & I.W. Baker's...

What can the Japanese characters carved into a cane tell about a family's past in a World War II relocation camp? Tukufu Zuberi sets out to translate the words and uncover the story behind the cane. A curator of art from internment camps places this cane into the tradition of "gaman" - the art of living with the unbearable. Then Tukufu unravels a surprising clue about the cane's original owner.
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Clip Season 9 Episode 6 Length 17:23 Premiere: 07/25/11

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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

Hidden Secrets in a Japanese Cane
Clip Length 17:23 Premiere Date 07/25/11

History Detective's Most Common Artifacts
Clip Length 01:29 Premiere Date 07/25/11

The Spyglass That Saw Revolution
Clip Length 17:12 Premiere Date 07/25/11

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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Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Modoc Basket, Special Agent Five - S8 E9

Premiered On: 08/21/2010

Does the roster on a Jackie Robinson All-Stars scorecard signal early steps toward integration of major league baseball? Then, see the name 'Toby' worked into the weave of a basket. Could it be Toby Riddle, the woman congress honored as a heroine of the Indian Wars of the American West? And, why did J. Edgar Hoover endorse a radio script, a crime suspense drama based on an FBI case?

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WB Cartoons/Galvez Papers/Mussolini Dagger - S8 E10

Premiered On: 08/28/2010

A box of cartoon drawings and cels tell an unexpected story about the early days of animation and the people behind the art. Then, why did a regional governor care enough about a slave to sign her emancipation papers? And (in a repeated segment), did a dagger once belong to Fascist Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini?

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Chicago Clock/Universal Friends/War Dog Letter - S8 E11

Premiered On: 09/06/2010

How could one clock regulate time for an entire region, and was this that clock? Then, a document seems connected to an early controversial religion, the first founded by an American-born woman. So why is her name missing from this document? And, in an encore segment, Tukufu Zuberi investigates what went wrong during a WWII dog-training program on Cat Island.

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Yakima Canutt's Saddle; The Ni'ihau Incident; Civil War Cannon - S9 E1

Premiered On: 06/21/2011

Mysterious airplane engine parts lead Eduardo Pagan to a heroic story on a forbidden Hawaiian island. Elyse Luray tries to match metal shavings to the right Civil War cannon. Wes Cowan connects a rodeo saddle to a star that changed Hollywood movie-making.

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WWII Leaflets, Tiffany Window, Spanish Civil War Eulogy - S9 E2

Premiered On: 06/28/2011

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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Hot Town Poster/Face Jug/Lost City of Gold - S8 E8

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre, George Washington Miniature, Stalag 17 - S8 E7

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Korean War Letter/Diana/Lookout Mt. Painting - S8 E6

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