History Detectives

1775 Almanac, Exercise Records, Moon Museum

In this episode, the notes scrawled in the margins of this 1775 Almanac give us intimate insights into how loyalties strained families during the Revolution. Then a garage sale find ties a woman to the grandfather she never met. Was he the phonograph exercise guru of the 1920s? And did NASA unwittingly smuggle Andy Warhol art to the moon?

1775 Almanac, Exercise Records, Moon Museum

55m 10s

In this episode, the notes scrawled in the margins of this 1775 Almanac give us intimate insights into how loyalties strained families during the Revolution. Then a garage sale find ties a woman to the grandfather she never met. Was he the phonograph exercise guru of the 1920s? And did NASA unwittingly smuggle Andy Warhol art to the moon?

Previews + Extras

  • Fitness, Flappers and Phonograph Records: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Fitness, Flappers and Phonograph Records

    S9 E9 - 18m 3s

    The voice on these 78rpm records is the grandfather our contributor never met. The 1920s albums play music with Wallace Rogerson giving exercise instructions. She asks HISTORY DETECTIVES host Tukufu Zuberi to tell her more about her grandfather. Was he the Jack LaLanne of the 1920s?

  • 1775 Almanac: Diary of the Revolution: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    1775 Almanac: Diary of the Revolution

    S9 E9 - 16m 24s

    The scrawled notes in the margins of this 1775 Almanac give History Detectives host Elyse Luray rare, intimate insight into how conflicting loyalties may have strained personal relationships during the Revolution. Elyse sets out to learn who wrote this diary. What role did the author play in the Revolutionary War?

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