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New York Giants outfielder Willie Mays fields a grounder for the camera in this 1955 photo. (AP Photo)

Sen. John F. Kennedy, D-MA, who recently underwent a spinal operation resulting from combat injuries sustained during World War II, is escorted by his...

Actress Jane Russell, wearing a dress of red satin, attends the reception for international stars who are to appear before Her Majesty at the royal fi...

Marilyn Monroe poses for publicity stills with Tom Ewell, stars of

Patterned asbestos tile flooring, increased and improved fluorescent lighting, illuminated route and destination signs, double roofs, and electronical...

Tears well in the eyes of movie actress Marilyn Monroe as she faces reporters outside her home, October 6, 1954, for the first time since she announce...

Black and white fourth graders at St. Martin School, Washington, DC, dash for the playground at recess, September 17, 1954. While the District of Col...

Actress Jane Russell wears a new Christian Dior style dress, Mazette, at the famed designer's Paris salon September 16, 1954. The dress, in black, bu...

Mrs. Ella J. Rice, talks to one of her pupils, all of whom are white, in a third grade classroom of the Draper Elementary School in southeast Washingt...

Ten finalists in the Miss America pageant, from whom Miss America of 1955 will be chosen late tonight, Sept. 11, 1954 line up on stage. From left: Ala...

Two of six black children who joined classes in the formerly all white Ft. Myer, VA elementary school listen to opening announcements by Mrs. Louise M...

William Faulkner, author, is pictured at work at his typewriter on August 12, 1954. Faulkner's novels have won prizes and distinction in his own coun...

A television tower tops off New York's Empire State Building, 1,472 feet above the street. Two workmen recently climbed the tower to inspect the stru...

The largest single head ever painted on a Broadway billboard stares down on Times Square strollers from the front of the Mayfair Theatre in New York,...

Yogi Berra, left, American League All-Star catcher, and Roy Campanella, his National League counterpart, clown before the annual All-Star Game in Clev...

Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Willie Mays of the New York Giants, and Stan Musial of the Cardinals, left to right, join forces before the start...

Willie Mays of the New York Giants is seen posing with bat in this June 26, 1954 photo. (AP Photo)

Willie Mays, outfielder of the New York Giants, leaps for photographers June 24, 1954. (AP Photo/John Lent)

Hoyt Wilhelm, New York Giant pitcher, shown pitching in the seventh inning of the game between the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals at the...

Maurice Trintignant of France smiles happily after winnning the 24-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance for sports cars at Le Mans, June 13, 1954. The 5 lite...

Sen. Joseph McCarthy discusses turning over files shown in this box, with his chief counsel, Roy M. Cohn, right, in the Senate caucus room in Washingt...

Yankee manager Casey Stengel makes his point as he exchanges heated words with plate umpire Johnny Stevens in first inning of opener of Memorial Day t...

Brooklyn Dodgers slugger Duke Snider hits a pop foul in a game with Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, NY, May 27, 1954. (AP Photo)

Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers catcher is pictured on May 15, 1954. (AP Photo)

The 1954 Mille Miglia, May 6, 1954, Italy's car road-racing classic, was won by Alberto Ascari, Italy's world champion race driver, here roaring acros...

Alberto Ascari of Italy, world champion racing driver and winner of the 1954 Mille Miglia road race in Italy on May 2, 1954, is shown here in his Lanc...

Singer Paul Robeson speaks at a May Day rally at Union Square, New York City, May 1, 1954. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons)

Senator Joseph McCarthy, key figure in the Army dispute hearings in Washington, discusses a controversial photograph of Army Secretary Stevens and Pvt...

Seven-year-old Mimi Meade winces from the sting as Dr. Richard Mulvaney inoculates her April 26, 1954 in McClean, Va., with the new Salk polio vaccine...

The seven senators hearing the April 22, 1954 testimony in the Army-McCarthy controversy and their special counsel are shown at a big table during the...

Brooklyn outfielder Jackie Robinson, no.42, is greeted by a welcoming committee at home plate after his first inning two-run homer against Pittsburgh...

The burning race cars of Britain's Mike Hawthorn and Argentine driver Jose Froilan Gonzales offer a safety first warning to Italian driver Giuseppe Fa...

Carl Sandburg, poet and Lincoln biographer, makes a brief though picturesque appearance as a witness April 8, 1954, before a special Senate subcommitt...

Newlyweds Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe arrive at the International Airport, January 29, 1954, with plenty of baggage prior to their departure for T...

Jack Benny cracks up during a rehearsal for his CBS radio show in 1954. The comedian whose radio and TV shows ran 32 uninterrupted years, died of can...

New York Giants' Willie Mays, seen here sliding into third base for Santurce in a recent game in the Puerto Rican Winter League, was named the Most Va...

Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum in Otto Preminger's

Eighty-five pound Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., is shown posing at twelve, prior to his amateur ring debut in 1954, a three minute, three round split d...

Marilyn Monroe plays a saloon entertainer in this scene from the 1954 film

Hank Aaron, Milwaukee Braves' outfielder, shown in a posed portrait at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, during the exhibition season, 1954. (AP Photo)

Hank Aaron, Milwaukee Braves' outfielder, is shown in a posed batting portrait at the Polo Grounds, Brooklyn, during the exhibition season, 1954. (AP...

Hank Aaron, Milwaukee Braves' outfielder, is shown in a posed batting portrait at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, during the exhibition season, 1954. (AP Pho...

Artist Pablo Picasso studies the figure of a woman he has assembled on the floor of his cluttered studio at Vallauris, in southern France, on October...

New York Yankees outfielder Mickey Mantle connects with relief hurler Russ Meyer's first pitch in the third inning to smash a homer into the left cent...

Yankee outfielder Mickey Mantle connects with relief hurler Russ Meyer's first pitch in the third inning to smash a homer into the left center field s...

Argentine ace, Juan Manuel Fangio, in his Maserati before the Grand Prix of Modena, Italy, September 20, 1953. Fangio finished over 30 seconds ahead...

Philadelphia Phillies' Richie Ashburn makes a leaping catch of Pee Wee Reese's long fly ball at Ebbets Field in New York on Sept. 20, 1953. (AP Photo...

Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-MA) and his bride, the former Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, leave St. Mary's Catholic Church following their wedding in Newport, RI,...

A long column of American soldiers winds along the edge of a mountain road in North Korea as they move forward on the central front July 15th, 1953....