Episode
Antiques Roadshow: Charleston, Hour 1
Overview
New appraisals include an archive of the Oak Ridge Journal, the newspaper for a town created for the Manhattan Project; a Pete Seeger autographed sign relating to the Peekskill riots of 1949; and an 1854 Edward Beyer panoramic oil painting that features Charleston before West Virginia separated from Virginia.
Details
- Series
- Antiques Roadshow
- Season
- Season 19
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 2015-05-11
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Charleston, Hour 1 is Episode 16 in Season 19 of Antiques Roadshow. It aired on 2015-05-11. The runtime is 60 min.
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