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A Hero in Hawaii, Civil War Cannon & Stuntman Pioneer

Who was John F? That was the question we asked viewers to help us solve at the end of our Moon Museum investigation. John F. was the name on the telegram confirming that a tiny piece of Andy Warhol's artwork had made it to the moon. But what was the true identity of John F? Wes Cowan gives an update on the investigation.
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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

The Hero of Ni'ihau, Hawaii
Clip Length 18:18 Premiere Date 06/20/11

The Saddle That Invented the Stuntman
Clip Length 14:17 Premiere Date 06/20/11

First Cannon Fire of Civil War Secession
Clip Length 18:03 Premiere Date 06/20/11

Moon Museum Update: Searching for John F.
Clip Length 01:29 Premiere Date 06/20/11

Yak Canutt: Devil Horse Clip
Clip Length 02:27 Premiere Date 06/20/11

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

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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