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History Detectives | Season 8, Episode 10 | PBS

Duration: 55:10 (Full Program)
Program: History Detectives #810
Broadcast Date: Aug. 30, 2010

WB Cartoons:This box of cartoon drawings and cels tells an unexpected story about animation's early days. Galvez Papers: Why did a regional governor care enough about a slave to sign her emancipation papers? Mussolini's Dagger: Did this dagger once belong to Benito Mussolini?

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Post Date: September 1, 2010