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This is a gun tower on the west side of Alcatraz Prison Island in San Francisco Bay, shown April 30, 1952. The San Francisco skyline can be seen in t...

United Nations troops on the Korean front line look over a batch of Communist propaganda leaflets dropped in their area by artillery shells on April 1...

Louis J. Castro astride ??sThe Brute??? revs up and gets off from a standing start with a Lockheed T33 jet Airplane piloted by test pilots Bob Faulkne...

Louis J. Castro astride ??sThe Brute??? revs up and gets off from a standing start with a Lockheed T33 jet Airplane piloted by test pilots Bob Faulkne...

Andrea Mead Lawrence (right) hugs Ossi Reichert of Germany, after winning her second Olympic gold medal by winning the women???s slalom race down the...

New York Ranger goalie Lorne Worsley prevents a Montreal Canadiens? score as he does a neat split in front of the net in first period of NHL game at M...

Casey Tibbs, Fort Pierre, S.D., grins broadly as he holds his prize saddles in New York's Madison Square Garden, on Oct. 21, 1951 after carrying off...

Photo shows Harry Gallatin of the New York knickerbockers shown at the 69th Armory, New York on Oct. 17, 1951. (AP Photo)

Photo shows Vince Boryla, New York Kickerbockers at the 69th Regiment, New York shown Oct. 17, 1951. (AP Photo)

Photo shows Harry Gallatin of the New York Knickerbockers shown at the 69th Armory, New York on Oct. 17, 1951. (AP Photo)

Photo shows Connie Simmons, of the New York Knickerbockers at the 69th Regiment Armory, New York shown Oct. 17, 1951. (AP Photo)

Photo shows Ray Lumpp New York Knickerbockers 1951 at 69th Regiment Armory, New York shown Oct. 17, 1951. (AP Photo)

Fleet-footed Monte Irvin, New York Giants leftfielder, makes successful theft of home in first inning of opening World Series game at Yankee Stadium,...

A crowd of Argentineans climbs aboard trucks as it gathers in May Square Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sept. 28, 1951 to listen to Juan D. Peron. Ann...

Challenger Willie Pep pushes Sandy Saddler to the canvas and follows the champ down in the eighth round of their featherweight title fight in the Polo...

Yogi Berra (left), New York Yankee catcher, and Tommy Byrne, Yankee pitcher, arrive in New York, on April 12, 1951 from Pittsburgh, Pa. The Yankee...

Jacob Guzik, a mobster associated with Al Capone, is escorted by Sgt. Harley Hilton of the Capitol Hill police, who was assigned to keep photographers...

Two former cabinet Ministers, Thakin Ba Sein and Saw San Po Thin, a Karen, organized a demonstration outside the Rangoon secretariat on March 14, 1951...

Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Davis, film actress, are photographed as they arrived for the Screen Writers Guild Dinner at the Ambassador Hotel, Hollywood,...

Joe Adonis, underworld kingpin, is sworn in before the Senate crime investigating committee at a public hearing into gambling and racketeering conditi...

Terry Sawchuk, June 1, 1970, considered by many to be the greatest goalie in all time, died Sunday May 31, 1970 in New York of cardiac arrest. He's sh...

Terry Sawchuk, considered by many to be the greatest goalie of all time, died Sunday May 31, 1970 in New York of cardiac arrest. He's shown in 1951, t...

Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis (left) and NBA heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles (right) cross pens in the office of the New York State Athlet...

Chart shows comparison between featherweight champion Willie Pep of Hartford, Conn., and Sandy Saddler of New York, on Sept. 7, 1950, who are schedule...

Singer Kenneth Spencer of New York during his concert in Berlin on July 22, 1950, where he enraptured Berliners with his

Singer Kenneth Spencer of New York during his concert in Berlin on July 22, 1950, where he enraptured Berliners with his

Career diplomat John S. Service defenses himself on the witness stand before the Senate Foreign Relations committee on June 22, 1950, answering charge...

Ted Klusewski, infielder with the Cincinnati Reds in March 1950. (AP Photo)

Alex Groza, (15) former Kentucky cage star, blocks goal attempt by center Connie Simmons (6), of the New York Knickerbockers, In second quarter of gam...

Lanky Sandy Saddler's left finds the mark as Paddy De Marco (right) winces under the blow in the fourth round of their scheduled ten-round bout in Mad...

This is an illustration of the New Jersey Turnpike, Oct. 12, 1949. One hundred and eighteen miles without a stop, thats what the New Jersey turnpike a...

This is an aerial view of New York's Yankee Stadium, shown Oct. 5, 1949, during the opening game of the World Series between the Yanks and the Brookly...

Lefty Mel Parnell (center) who pitched his 25th victory of the season with a 4-1 win over the New York Yankees that put the Red Sox in a tie for the...

Pedestrians and vendors at intersection of Myrtle and Broadway in Brooklyn, N.Y. September 2, 1949. (AP Photo)

Two chiselers are seen working at the premises of world famous German writer and poet Johan Wolfgang von Goethe restoring artifacts of the Goethe-Haus...

Ezzard Charles, (left), NBA Heavyweight title holder from Cincinnati, Ohio., looks on as Gus Lesnevich, Cliffside Park, N.J., challenger, stands on th...

Raymond Fernandez, accused lonely hearts slayer, leaves Bronx County Courthouse in New York on July 11, 1949, after testifying in his defense. Fernan...

Boston Res Sox Mel Parnell warms up during practice in St. Louis on June 9, 1949. Lefty Parnell is scheduled to be the starting pitcher for the Ame...

Cornelius Warmerdam clearing the bar at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden on Feb. 7, 19 1942 in New York where he raised the world indoor po...

Harrassed by trouble which came to Burma with its independence in January, 1948, the Nation?s Premier Thakin Nu, offers prayers to Buddha, on April 7,...

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn is the only U.S. Communist Party official still footloose and free to operate, March 22, 1949, New York. She spends her time wr...

Giant B-36 planes of the U.S. Air Force join the inaugural parade in a flight over the Capitol dome in Washington, Jan. 20, 1949. (AP Photo)

The Capitol formed the backdrop as President Harry Truman delivered his inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1949, from the Portico at center after being sworn...

This is a general view of the Inaugural Gala at the Armory in Washington, Jan. 19, 1949. (AP Photo)

Pictured sitting from right to left are: Colonel Frank L. Howley, U.S. commander in Berlin; Mrs Louise Schroeder, lord mayor of the city, U.S. Americ...

Image shows Professor Ernst Reuter speaking in the lectren with prominent guests sitting from right to left are: Colonel Frank L. Howley, U.S. command...

Colonel Frank L. Howley, U.S. commander in Berlin is speaking during a ceremony in the the Titania Palace held to commemorate the opening of the

U.S. American writer Thornton Wilder adresses students at the

This dual-dual section of US Route 1, near Newark Airport, now carries 70,000 vehicles a day, shown in 1949, New Jersey. The war proved to be only a t...

General Fulgencio Batista, right, former president of Cuba, ending four years as a political exile in the United States, bids good bye to Gen. Francis...