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Bird of War, Lincoln Oath and War Spoils of a Peace Chief

In this episode we investigate an evocative symbol of a bird dropping a bomb. Did these patches belong to a World War II unit? Then, Gwen connects a swatch of tattered red fabric to a pivotal moment in U.S. Civil War history. And, did this neckpiece and these leggings once belong to Chief Black Kettle, long known as a Cheyenne Peace Chief? Finally, did President Lincoln actually sign this oath?
Season 10 Episode 4 Length 53:21 Premiere: 07/30/12

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Season 10 Episodes

Bill of Sale, Cobb Powder Horn and the Star Spangled Banner
S10 E9 Length 53:41 Premiere Date 01/08/13

Mysteries from the Wild West
S10 E8 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 04/01/13

Colored Heroes, Valley Forge Map and a Transistor Radio
S10 E7 Length 52:31 Premiere Date 10/08/12

Vietnam Diary, Bootlegger’s Notebook and a Hollywood Ledger

S10 E6 Length 53:16 Premiere Date 10/01/12

Titanic Picture Frame, Woolworth Signs, Nazi Spy Toys
S10 E5 Length 53:11 Premiere Date 08/06/12

Bird of War, Lincoln Oath and War Spoils of a Peace Chief
S10 E4 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 07/30/12

Book of Rogues, Empire State Crash & a Forbidden Pinup
S10 E3 Length 53:21 Premiere Date 07/23/12

Civil War Derringers, KKK Records & Motown’s Bottom Line
S10 E2 Length 53:08 Premiere Date 07/23/12

Dylan Goes Electric, Beatles Autograph & Frank Zappa Collage
S10 E1 Length 53:09 Premiere Date 07/16/12

World War II Patch: Bird of War
Clip Length 14:43 Premiere Date 07/30/12

Preview: Native American clothing, a Lincoln signature
Preview Length 00:30 Premiere Date 07/30/12

Lincoln Oath
Clip Length 09:46 Premiere Date 07/30/12

War Spoils of a Peace Chief
Clip Length 14:35 Premiere Date 07/30/12

Marshall House Flag
Clip Length 12:16 Premiere Date 07/30/12

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

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

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Calf Creek Arrow/Doc Holliday Watch/Black Star Line Certificates

Premiered On: 08/15/2006

A man wants to know whether the handmade point he found embedded in a bison skull is from the Calf Creek culture of around 3000 BC. A Tulsa pawn store clerk is intrigued by the potentially historic inscription on an antique watch. And a North Carolina woman wants to know the history behind two Black Star Line stock certificates that appear to have been signed by Marcus Garvey.

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Premiered On: 08/22/2006

A Los Angeles resident believes he has the original Sunbeam Alpine car used in the Hitchcock film "To Catch a Thief." A Florida man shows a set of photographs passed down from his great-great-grandfather, who fought in the Civil War and was a Confederate prisoner of war at Johnson's Island on Lake Erie. And a New Jersey man's 1914 Harley-Davidson motorcycle bears the ?Cross of Lorraine,? a historic symbol of French nationalism.

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An Oregon man shows a baseball ticket that bears a ?Lou Gehrig? autograph and a scribbled date: July 4, 1939. A Cleveland man wants to know the story behind an electric streetcar in his city's transit museum. And a collector from the Bronx with a long-time interest in black history shows an intriguing flea market find: a ?freedom paper? for an African-American man named John Jubilee Jackson.

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An Ohio woman shares an undated sketch of Superman with a note from the creators, and a man from Port Washington, WI shows a pair of metal ?masters? that were used to press shellac records. A woman in New Jersey wants to know whether a glass whiskey flask is a relic from the 1794 ?Whiskey Rebellion.?

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A woman in Portland, OR, has a portable projection screen that may have ties to the Cuban Missile Crisis. A man in Lakeland, FL, shows an aluminum record with the words "Amos 'n' Andy" handwritten on its label. And a woman from League City, TX, wants the story behind a watercolor painting printed with the words "Official Program Woman Suffrage Procession Washington D.C. March 3, 1913."

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