AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

President Dwight Eisenhower smiles as he relaxes in his hotel suite on July 26, 1960 in Chicago after big welcome accorded him in this Republican Conv...

President Dwight Eisenhower squints and waves as confetti fills air and covers car he rides in motorcade in downtown Chicago on July 26, 1960. Huge c...

Spectators rush up to shake hands with President Dwight Eisenhower as he stands in open car of motorcade down State Street in Chicago on July 26, 196...

President Dwight Eisenhower on a tour of the nuclear powered-Polaris missile launching submarine USS Patrick Henry at Newport, Rhode Island on July 2...

President Dwight Eisenhower gets an assist from Captain Harold E. Shear as he enters hatch for a tour of the nuclear powered-Polaris missile launchin...

President Dwight Eisenhower tries on a tri-corner hat presented to him by the members of the Coggeshall School Continentals of Newport, a PTA sponsor...

Sen. John F. Kennedy walks up pier after recent sail on Nantucket sound accompanied by brother Ted.. right on July 22, 1960 in Hyannis Port, Ma. Th...

Questions about civil rights are discussed by Charles H. Percy, right, chairman of the platform committee of the Republican Party, at Chicago session...

Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential nominee talks to three of his nephews just before they boarded a plane in Los Angeles on July 17, 1960,...

Sen. John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential nominee puts his hands on his hips and bends over to talk to three of his nephews just before they board...

Sen. John F. Kennedy???s Democratic residential nominee, waves from plane ramp as he and members of his traveling party get set to board plane bound f...

Mrs. Rose Kennedy, 70-year-old matriarch of the Kennedy clan, stands proudly beside her son, Sen. John F. Kennedy, in front of the Democratic national...

It???s a happy moment as Robert Kennedy, right, who directed the campaign that won the Democratic presidential nomination for his brother, Sen. John F...

It???s a happy moment as Robert Kennedy, right, who directed the campaign that won the Democratic presidential nomination for his brother, Sen. John F...

President Dwight Eisenhower chats with Dr. George B. Kistiakowsky, presidential science advisor at the Summer White House office in the Naval War Coll...

President Dwight Eisenhower listens intently as he hears comments from his Science Advisory group during meeting at the Summer White House Headquarte...

Sen. John F. Kennedy rubbed his head as he engaged in an early morning huddle with Gov. Abraham Ribicoff, right, of Connecticut, John Bailey, left, an...

An affable Harry Belafonte and his wife, Julia Belafonte in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, night, July 11, 1960 at press interview. He said that he was ha...

President Dwight Eisenhower waves good evening to Secretary of State Christian Herter on July 10, 1960 in Newport, R.I., after accompanying Herter an...

t President Dwight Eisenhower seats himself at controls of electric cart after teeing off for a round of golf at the Country Club on July 8, 1960 in...

Presaident Dwight Eisenhower walking down steps on July 8, 1960 with golf pro Jimmy Farrell, (slim-dark haired) and Country club President Howard C. C...

President Eisenhower chuckles as he looks over new white golf hat presented to him by golf pro Jim Farrell at the Country Club on July 8, 1960 in Newp...

President Dwight Eisenhower practicing shots in front of clubhouse in Newport, Rhode Island on July 8, 1960. (AP Photo)

President Eisenhower takes practice drive before teeing off in front of Country Clubhouse on July 8, 1960 in Newport, R.I. Golf pro Jim Farrell is at...

President Dwight Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower as they arrived for vacation on July 7, 1960. (AP Photo)

GOP National Chairman Thruston Morton, left, and Charles H. Percy, chairman of the platform writing committee on resolutions for the 1960 Republican c...

Dr. A.C. B. Lovell, director of the Jodrell Bank radio telescope, talks with President Dwight Eisenhower during a courtesy call at the White House, W...

Rhode Island Governor Christopher Del Sesto hands President Dwight Eisenhower proclamation declaring on July 7, 1960 ?President Eisenhower Day? in R....

President Dwight Eisenhower and Mrs.Mamie Eisenhower as they arrived for vacation in Newport RI July 7, 1960. (AP Photo)

Charles Percy, of Chicago, Ill., chairman of the Republican National Platform committee as he met reporters and gave interview, after meeting with Gov...

President Dwight Eisenhower talks to reporters on July 6, 1960 at his first press conference since May 11. Press Secretary James Hagerty and Associat...

President Dwight Eisenhower, left, talks with Rev. Robert A. MacAskill, Minister of the United Presbyterian Church in Gettysburg on July 3, 1960 after...

A partly encased 50-star flag which will be flown from Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4 is the center of attraction on July 1, 1960 as Pres...

A helicopter sprays a cloud of DDT a powerful insecticide over the roof tops in Leopoldville, Capital of the Congo, on July 1, 1960 recently. For many...

President and Mrs. Eisenhower stand with Thailand?s King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit in Washington prior to June 30, 1960 state dinner given in honor o...

President Dwight Eisenhower faces the camera with a smile as he poses on the White House steps on June 29, 1960 with a group of Oregon and Washington...

President Dwight Eisenhower huddles on the rasp area at Andrews Air Force Base, June 26, 1960 with, from left, Vice President Richard Nixon, Treasury...

King Bhumibol of Thailand confers with President Eisenhower at his White House office on June 29, 1960 during the second day of his five-day state vis...

President Dwight Eisenhower attended a testimonial dinner in Washington on June 29, 1960 given by top labor union leaders for Secretary of Labor James...

Residents line the streets as motorcade bearing Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej Queen Siriki and President Dwight Eisenhower passes beneath garlanded ar...

King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Queen Siriki and President Dwight Eisenhower stand at salute as they receive honors at National Airport in Washing...

President Dwight Eisenhower shakes hands with Steven K. Smith, 18, Lafayette, Indiana, winner of a national Elks Club youth leadership award during a...

President Dwight Eisenhower and King Bhumibol, right, of Thailand, talk about the carved elephant which the Thailand monarch presented to Eisenhower t...

President Dwight Eisenhower accepts Thailand?s highest honorary decoration from King Bhumibol Adulyadej during a Blair House ceremony in Washington o...

Maj. Gen. J.S. Bragdon, Pittsburgh native now of Washington, takes oath as member of the Civil Aeronautics Board during White House ceremony on June 2...

President Dwight Eisenhower reports to the Nation from the White House, Washington on June 27, 1960 on his tour of the Pacific Area which ended on Su...

President Dwight Eisenhower sports a bronze-like sun tan as he squintz in the bright sun at Andrews Air Force Base, June 26, 1960 on Ike return from a...

Wearing a big Hawaiian floral lei, President Dwight Eisenhower says aloha to thousands of islanders seeing him off as he leaves for Washington, June 2...

President Dwight Eisenhower and his daughter-in-law Barbara look down on Mary Kaiulani, two years old, daughter of Gov. and Mrs. William Quinn during...

President Dwight Eisenhower receives honorary degree from the University of Hawaii during ceremonies at Kaneohe Marine Air Corps station, June 24, 196...