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Season 8, Episode 5

Cromwell Dixon: A four-inch square of fabric tells the story of one of America's first barnstorming pilots. Bartlett Sketchbook: Does this sketchbook illustrate scenes from the first ever US-Mexican border survey? Duke Ellington Plates (R): Could this dumpster find be the printing plates for Duke Ellington's hit "Take the A Train"?
Season 8 Episode 5 Length 53:10 Premiere: 07/19/10

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Season 8 Episodes

Season 8, Episode 10
S8 E12 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 08/30/10

Season 8, Episode 11
S8 E11 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 09/05/10

Season 8, Episode 9
S8 E9 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 08/23/10

Season 8, Episode 8
S8 E8 Length 55:10 Premiere Date 08/16/10

Season 8, Episode 7
S8 E7 Length 56:10 Premiere Date 08/09/10

Season 8, Episode 6
S8 E6 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/25/10

Season 8, Episode 5
S8 E5 Length 53:10 Premiere Date 07/19/10

Season 8, Episode 4
S8 E4 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 07/12/10

Season 8, Episode 3
S8 E3 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 07/05/10

Season 8, Episode 2
S8 E2 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 06/28/10

Season 8: Episode 1
S8 E1 Length 55:09 Premiere Date 06/21/10

WB Cartoons
Clip Length 16:57 Premiere Date 08/29/10

Galvez Papers
Clip Length 15:42 Premiere Date 08/29/10

Bartlett's Sketchbook
Clip Length 17:40 Premiere Date 07/18/10

Cromwell Dixon Plane Fragment
Clip Length 15:51 Premiere Date 07/18/10

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

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

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Premiered On: 06/29/2009

An invention that may have been used in the atomic bomb; a 23-pound block of beeswax with strange markings; and a French manuscript kept by an American family for 160 years.

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St. Valentine's Day Massacre/Booth Letter/Cemetery Alarm - S7 E3

Premiered On: 07/06/2009

A gun that may have belonged to a member of Al Capone's gang, a letter allegedly written by John Wilkes Booth's father, and a device meant to guard against grave robbers.

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A child who may have been exhibited in an incubator at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, an early movie mogul's dramatic rise and fall, and a controversial design woven into a Navajo rug.

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Tokyo Rose Recording/Crazy Horse Photo/WWII Diary - S7 E5

Premiered On: 07/20/2009

A recording that may have played a part in the World War II treason trial of Tokyo Rose, a photo ostensibly of Crazy Horse, and the poignant diary of a World War II pilot.

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Amelia Earhart Plane/Fillmore Pardon/Boxcar Home - S7 E6

Premiered On: 07/27/2009

A fragment that may been a piece of Amelia Earhart's plane, a letter from President Millard Fillmore commuting the death sentence of a Native American, and a Colorado home whose supports may have been constructed from a railroad boxcar.

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