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History Detectives
A Piece of Hollywood
Chuck Amhrein thinks he might have a piece of the famous Hollywood Sign which he found on a hike to the sign in the late 1970’s when the land was open to the public. Now, almost 40 years later, he asks host Eduardo Pagán to find out whether this metal bar belonged to the original Hollywood Sign.
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