AP Historical Hard Drive 2008

The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth goes down the slipway after being named and launched by Queen Elizabeth, unseen, in Clydebank, Scotland, Sept. 27, 1...

The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth goes down the slipway after being named and launched by Queen Elizabeth, unseen, in Clydebank, Scotland, Sept. 27, 1...

Nazis congregate in Nuremburg, Germany Sept. 10, 1938. (AP Photo)

Gene Tunney, May 31, 1938, in Long Island's Madison Square Bowl. Mrs. Tunney, the former Polly Lauder, was giving a hello to friends, the former champ...

Dr. Ales Hrdlicka, famed Smithsonian Institute Archeologist. Contax studies made on board U.S. Coast Guard cutter North land in May 20, 1938, as he sa...

Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy, wife of the American Ambassador to London, with two of her daughters whom she presented with five other debutantes to the king...

Joseph P. Kennedy, the new United States Ambassador to London, is shown as he welcomed the

A master at the art of backstopping and a No. 1 worry of opposition pitching is this fellow, the New York Yankee's Bill Dickey. Shown March 6, 1938 at...

U.S. General John Pershing seved in the P Philippine Islands from November 1899 to June 1903 and commanded military operations against the Moros in C...

Independence Plaza in Port Au Prince is shown, Dec. 16, 1937 in Haiti.(AP Photo)

Herbert Minsky, former burlesque theater operator, is shown, March 1937. (AP Photo)

Eugene O'Neil, American playwright and recent winner of the Nobel Prize, in hospital bed on January 11, 1937. (AP Photo)

Photo shows Henry S. Morgan, son of J. Pierpont Morgan, is a partner in the investment firm of Morgan, Stanley & Co. on Sept. 17, 1936. (AP Photo)

The Olympic flame is brought from the Berlin stadium to Gruenau, Aug. 1, 1936. (AP Photo)

This is a general view of the opening ceremonies as the American Olympic squad, marching in formation, enter the stadium where the track and field eve...

This is a general view of the full stadium with athletes lining up in the field, preparing for entry into the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany, Aug....

Henry S. Morgan, left, and his brother, Junius, sons of J. M. Morgan, are shown at the station here on July 1, 1936 as they awaited the arrival of the...

Henry S. Morgan (left) and his brother, Junius Morgan, sons of J. P. Morgan are shown as they awaited their father, the senior J. Pierpont Morgan who...

Business was halted temporarily Feb. 26, 1936, following the militarist uprising which resulted in the assassination of at least three high government...

Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels welcomed 1400 foreign Hitler boys who arrived in Berlin, Germany August 2, 1935. (AP Photo)

Fifty years ago tomorrow the Statue of Liberty reached American shores, and since has stood guardian at New York Harbor on June 19. This unusual p...

Gene Tunney retired World heavyweight champion, accompanied by his wife the former Polly Lauder, reached San Francisco, May 8, 1935 aboard the liner P...

John Brown, May 3, 1935. (AP Photo)

Hitler Youth practicing common free air gymnastics, May, 1935, Germany. (AP Photo)

Communist banners still fly in various parts of China, despite the unending efforts of Chiang Kai-shek to suppress them. Here is the typical Red banne...

Germany's Crown Prince Wilhelm with some of the girls who collected for the Winter Relief Fund during the Riding Contests, in Berlin, Feb. 3, 1935. (A...

Gene Tunney, the former heavyweight champion, and his wife are shown onboard the S.S. Conte Di Savoia, Jan 19, 1935 as they sailed for a four months t...

The famous Russian writer and Nobel Prize bearer Bunin has arrived in Berlin on Dec. 18, 1934 returning from Stockholm. Picture shows Mr. Bunin (with...

German Minister of Propoganda Dr. Joseph Goebbels, centre right, with a collecting box in Berlin, Dec. 8, 1934, during the National Day of Solidarity...

German Prime Minister General Hermann Goering, centre right, with a collecting box in the Unter Den Kinden, Berlin, Dec. 8, 1934, during the National...

J. P. Morgan Jr., shown on his arrival aboard The Majestic, after a quiet four month vacation in England, Nov. 20, 1934, New York. When a cameramen an...

Pepper Martin, Cardinal infielder and hero of a former World Series, as he arrives safely at third on Frisch's single in the fifth inning of the All-S...

The Citadel Laferriere is shown, July 4, 1934 in Haiti. (AP Photo)

Hitler Youth going through sport exercises, Dec. 12, 1933, Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo)

About 1,000 people gathered around the Columbus Statue at Columbus Circle, to pay tribute to the great navigator, on the 441st anniversary of his disc...

A parade of Nazi troopers march through the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, March 4, 1933. (AP Photo)

Gen. Emilie Aguinaldo, as commander of the Filipino insurgents showed Feb. 6, 1933. (AP Photo)

At the business end of an aerial attack, Ford Palmer, Southern California end, snags a pass while Onder (16) and Heller (20), of Pittsburgh look on. P...

Part of a crowd of 80,000 watch Nicholas Lukats, Notre Dame back, hit the Army line for four yards in the first quarter of the Army-Notre Dame game in...

The Chicago Cubs Big Four, whose bats have played a leading part in the clubs successful drive for the 1932 National League Pennant, pose, Sept. 22, 1...

Boxer Georges Carpentier, the former European Boxing Champion, photographed when he started the training for an announced comeback to the ring, April...

Notre Dame was defeated at the hands of the West Point Gridders at rain-soaked Yankee Stadium in New York, Nov. 28, 1931. Steve Banas, Notre Dame bac...

Marchmont Schwartz, of Notre Dame University, shown, Nov. 28, 1931. (AP Photo)

Boxer Jack Johnson, one time holder of the World Heavyweight Boxing crown, strikes a pose, May 18, 1931. (AP Photo)

One of the Reichswehr Trumpeters sounds the

A one-place high-performance fighter, built for both the Army and Navy. The navy version, known as the F4B-2, was the forerunner of modern carrier fig...

Chiang Kai-shek, long-time leader of the Nationalist party of China and head of its government on Taiwan since the Communist conquest of the Chinese m...

Miami Beach sunshine has completed the cure for Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion, who came to the South following a serious operation. Mr. and...

Gen. John J. Pershing office in State War & Navy Dept. bldg in Washington D. C on Dec. 26, 1929. (AP Photo)

Gen. John J. Pershing office in State War & Navy Dept. bldg in Washington D. C on Dec. 26, 1929. (AP Photo)