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When Fannie Davis and her family moved to Detroit in the mid-1950s, they hadn’t prepared themselves for how hard it would be. They had trouble find...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 31:50
  • Purchases: 1
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When Sarah Winchester’s husband died, she inherited millions from the family business: the manufacture of the famous Winchester Rifle. A medium rep...

  • Added: Sep 05, 2019
  • Length: 22:25
Caption: Ben Gross' personal video discs and player. , Credit: Photograph by Mariel Carr.
Some technologies flash in the pan so quickly they hardly leave a trace (Google Glass anyone?); while others seem to stick around long past their u...

Bought by WTJU


  • Added: Apr 01, 2015
  • Length: 38:38
  • Purchases: 1
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For more than four decades, Radio Row it was the largest collection of radio and electronics stores in the world. Then in 1966 the stores were cond...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 18, 2014
  • Length: 13:55
  • Purchases: 4
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Live cattle auctions are disappearing in the Northwest. But the Missoula Livestock Exchange continues to sell millions of dollars worth of cows, he...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 08, 2014
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1