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- ↑ "American Experience | TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ↑ "American Experience | The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie". PBS. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ↑ "American Experience | Hawaii's Last Queen". PBS. Archived from the original on March 1, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
- ↑ "American Experience | The Telephone". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ "American Experience | Big Dream, Small Screen". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ↑ "American Experience | New York Underground". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ↑ "American Experience | Troublesome Creek". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ↑ "American Experience | Around the World in 72 Days". PBS. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ↑ "American Experience | Gold Fever". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ↑ "American Experience | Vietnam: A Television History". PBS. Retrieved January 19, 2021.