AP Historical Hard Drive 2007

A five hundred Mil note from the new currency which has been issued in Israel to replace the Palestine Pound previously in circulation, Aug. 19, 1948....

Men, women, and children file past the casket containing the body of Babe Ruth as it lies in state in the rotunda of Yankee Stadium in New York, Augus...

A group of women, the so called rubble women (Truemmerfrauen) and some men are seen working as they remove the damage in the totally damaged former sh...

Coach Jim Conzelman confers with Chicago Cardinals' Paul Christman, Pat Harder, Elmer Angsman and Charley Trippi.(AP Photo)

People are seen crowding in front of one of the three official Wechselstube (change booth) in Berlin-Tiegarten, Germany, August 2, 1948, where the Eas...

English test cricketer and First Division footballer Denis Compton, left, shows his

Britain's Light Heavyweight champion Freddie Mills, acknowledges the crowd after defeating American champion Gus Lesnevich, unseen, in a fifteen round...

Two little mascots, equipped with their own robes and hoods, flank Dr. Samuel Green, Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon, at invitation ceremonies in Atlanta, G...

A huge cross burns on top of of Stone Mountain, in Atlanta, Georgia, July 23, 1948, during a massive initiation ceremony of seven hundred members of t...

British Commander of the Transjordan Arab Legion, Brigadier John Bagot Glubb Pasha, right, talks soldiers of his command in a forward post near Ramall...

Jubilant Jews, victorious after entering the biblical town of Nazareth, July 17, 1948, are pictured on the height overlooking the town. Citizens of th...

Moslem Mayor of Nazareth Ibrahim Fahum, centre wearing a fez, is seated among Jewish field officers as he signs the surrender terms of the biblical to...

People are seen crowding around a vegetable stall in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, June 28, 1948, as the vendor hold two heads of coliflower. After...

Bank officials take over the new Deutsche Mark needed for the currency exchange in the Western sector of Berlin in the Stadtkasselocated in the city-h...

Lady Pamela Mountbatten bids farewell to the new governor general Shin Chakravanti Rajagopalachari in New Delhi , India, on June 21, 1948. The first g...

To overcome the present shortage of small denominations, a large department store in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, issued its own currency in the form o...

A woman is all smiles as she gets a limited change of the new German currency for her old Reichsmark, at an exchange point in Hamburg, Germany, June 2...

Citizens of Frankfurt am Main queue to buy their groceries June 18, 1948 while the old Reichsmark is still valid. The announcement of the introduction...

Hamburg housewives queue to buy their rations June 18, 1948 while the old Reichsmark is still valid. The announcement of the introduction of the new G...

Jewish firefighters engage in salvage operations as smoke still rises from two buses set aflame when a parking lot along Jaffa Road in Jerusalem was s...

A nun empties a wheelbarrow as another believer follows up, in Berlin, Germany, June 8, 1948. The Catholic Bishop of Berlin has called for the help of...

A nun and other believers are seen helping to clean the rubble of Hedwigs Church, in Berlin, Germany, June 8, 1948. The Catholic Bishop of Berlin has...

Ruins of a Jewish building in the old city of Jerusalem, Palestine, May 30, 1948, following the Arab Legion bombardment. Jewish troops surrendered the...

A cameraman records the scene as Jewish Haganah troops are disarmed by Transjordan Arab Legion troops, after their surrender in the old city of Jerusa...

Soldiers of the Transjordan Arab Legion surround Haganah soldiers following their surrender in the old city of Jerusalem,Palestine, May 28, 1948. (AP...

This was the scene in the courtroom during the trial of the men accused in the conspiracy to assassinate Indian patriot and spiritual leader Mohandas...

Nathuram Godse, left, one of nine co-defendants in the Mohandas Gandhi assassination conspiracy case, and defense counsellor L.B. Bhopatkar confer May...

The men accused of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi listen to testimony in a courtroom during their arraignment in New Delhi, India, on May 27, 194...

King Abdullah of Transjordan, centre with beard, leaves the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, May 27, 1948, escorted by members of the Arab Leg...

First day cover issue of the new set of stamps that were issued by the Republic of Israel, May 16, 1948. The stamps show ancient Hebrew coins. (AP Pho...

Jeffries Brown, a former wrestler, who is Gorgeous George's valet is seen here spraying a Hollywood ring before George appears, May 13, 1948. (AP Phot...

Jim Conzelman, left, tucks another two year contract into his pocket May 7, 1948 at Chicago after signing again as coach of the Chicago Cardinals, Nat...

A group of Palestinian Jews aboard the American export liner Marine Carp wave goodbye prior to sailing from New York, May 4, 1948, for their native la...

John Wooden, newly announced head basketball coach at UCLA, is shown with his wife, Nell, at their home in Terre Haute, Ind., April 20, 1948. (AP Pho...

James G. (jim) Conzelman, coach of the champion Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League, admires his new trophy in the den of this home in S...

Georges Bidault, French Minister of Foreign Affairs signs the charter forming a European Recovery Organization under the Marshall Plan, during the 16-...

French General Pierre Koenig, in charge of the French territories in post war Germany, signs the charter forming a European Recovery Organization unde...

Swiss envoy Karl J. Burckhardt signs the charter forming a European Recovery Organization under the Marshall Plan, during the 16-Nation European Natio...

Turkish ambassador to France, Numan Menemencioglu, signs the charter forming a European Recovery Organization under the Marshall Plan, during the 16-N...

Karin Koch signs the charter forming a European Recovery Organization under the Marshall Plan, during the 16-Nation European Nation meeting, in Paris,...

British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin signs the charter forming a European Recovery Organization under the Marshall Plan, during the 16-Nation Europe...

Heavyweight champion Joe Louis is embraced by his wife, Marva April 12, 1948 as they return to New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth after visiting Lond...

Film star Norma Shearer walks through St. Moritz, Switzerland on February 4, 1948 en route to the ski lift. She is in St. Moritz for the Olymp...

Soviet schoolchildren receive instruction in a nursery school under an ornately decorated portrait of Marshal Stalin, April 1, 1948. The teacher hold...

Two feuding Arab families mark the end of the blood feud between them in Attil, Palestine, March 31, 1948, obeying the edict of regional Arab authorit...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black serves up during a tennis match at the St. Petersburg, Fla., Tennis Club, March 26, 1948. (AP Photo)

It's community Circus time in Gainesville, Texas, March 23, 1948. The show is set for its annual road tour of cities in this area, after holding its y...

An arab and his donkey pass a road block, manned by British soldiers and Palestinian policeman, during a snowfall, near Jerusalem, Palestine, March 22...

Britain's Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin, center, winds up the the second plenary session of the 16-Nation European Recovery Conference, at the Quai D'...

Count Carlo Sforza, Italian Foreign Minister, gestures during the first plenary session of the 16-Nation European Recovery Conference, at the French F...