A young girl from Oregon finds a curious, yellowed circus program in her school’s drama closet that reads “Official Program of Cobina Wright’s Society Circus for the benefit of the Boy Scout Foundation, Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, President, Season 1933.” The program seems to promote some kind of high-society theme party at the opulent Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

Who was Cobina Wright and what do the Boy Scouts, FDR and Cobina’s Circus — with its lengthy “who’s-who” celebrity list — have in common?

History Detectives explores New York City’s 1930s high society and illuminates a connection between FDR and the Boy Scouts that inspired one of the most popular and effective pieces of the President’s New Deal program. Originally aired: Season 6, Episode 3 Find out more about the 1930s high society in New York City. If you have a case for the History Detectives, send them your mystery here.