History Detectives - Titanic Picture Frame, Woolworth Signs, Nazi Spy Toys
Titanic Picture Frame, Woolworth Signs, Nazi Spy Toys
In this episode, was this picture frame was crafted from wood from the Titanic, the Lusitania, or neither? Were these Woolworth signs at the 1960 Winston-Salem lunch-counter sit-ins? And, for 70 years the owner of these toy soldiers has wondered if the father of his childhood friend was a Nazi spy.
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