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GAR PHOTOGRAPH
How did African Americans come to be part of this photograph during the Reconstructionist-era?
Elyse Luray takes a look

BILL PICKETT SADDLE
Did this saddle ride into cowboy history with one of rodeo's most daring innovators?
Tukufu Zuberi investigates

HITLER FILMS
Could these film canisters contain unknown footage of one the world's most heinous murderers?
Gwen Wright sorts fact from fiction

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Wild West Scrap Book WILD WEST SCRAP BOOK
Did an Italian Can Can dancer keep a scrapbook of letters from Wild West characters like Buffalo Bill and other western ephemera?

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