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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

How did African Americans come to be part of this photograph during the Reconstructionist-era?

Feature: Civil War Photography

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

Did this saddle ride into cowboy history with one of rodeo's most daring innovators?

Video: Tukufu gets in the saddle

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

Could these film canisters contain unknown footage of one the world's most heinous murderers?

Feature: Hitler's Home Movies

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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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