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    300 years ago in England

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    CSI – The Prologue

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    Inside an old mine

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    Great Fire of 1922

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    September 1752

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    The Past and the Present

    The Past and the Present

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    Fake News 1894

    10 Examples of Fake News from History

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    Sears Roebuck Mail Order Catalogue

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    The Underground Railroad , painting by Charles T. Webber

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    British immigrant children from Dr. Barnardo's Homes at landing stage

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    Photograph of the entrance of Portsmouth harbour taken from Gosport between 1890 and 1900

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    Tochi Valley

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    Part Three: James and Laura Mackie

    Part Three: James and Laura Mackie

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    bundle of old family letters and photographs

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    Don Brewery

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