History Detectives

Marion Carpenter Camera, Drug Smuggling Doll, Florida Map

This episode takes Wes Cowan to the White House. Did the first woman photographer assigned to the White House use this camera to photograph Harry Truman? Then Gwen Wright looks into a Confederate family legend that a child and her doll smuggled medicine behind the Northern blockade. And with labels in French, English and Spanish, what does this map tell us about how Europe colonized Florida?

Marion Carpenter Camera, Drug Smuggling Doll, Florida Map

55m 10s

This episode takes Wes Cowan to the White House. Did the first woman photographer assigned to the White House use this camera to photograph Harry Truman? Then Gwen Wright looks into a Confederate family legend that a child and her doll smuggled medicine behind the Northern blockade. And with labels in French, English and Spanish, what does this map tell us about how Europe colonized Florida?

Previews + Extras

  • Florida Map: Europe's Colonial Blueprint: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Florida Map: Europe's Colonial Blueprint

    S9 E8 - 17m 22s

    After 15 years of research our contributor cannot make sense of the towns and missions on this Florida Map. The place names are a mixture of French, English and Spanish. Tukufu Zuberi sets out to determine who drew this map and when, and to learn what this map can tell us about how Europe colonized Florida.

  • The Woman Who Photographed the President: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Woman Who Photographed the President

    S9 E8 - 16m 34s

    This episode takes Wes Cowan to the White House. Did the first woman photographer assigned to the White House use this camera to photograph Harry Truman? Then Gwen Wright looks into a Confederate family legend that a child and her doll smuggled medicine behind the Northern blockade. And with labels in French, English and Spanish, what does this map tell us about how Europe colonized Florida?

  • The Civil War Secrets of a Drug Smuggling Doll: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    The Civil War Secrets of a Drug Smuggling Doll

    S9 E8 - 18m 13s

    A Confederate family legend says a young girl carried a doll past the Northern blockade with drugs tucked inside its hollow head. The morphine and quinine would aid sick soldiers. Gwen Wright tracks down the story behind 'Nina,' a 'much loved member of the Anderson family' and whether she helped to relieve suffering and save lives during the War Between the States.

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