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Ray DeMott, atop pole foreground, checks the guide ropes for the parachute jump at Steeplechase Park, Coney Island, New York. The fun arena opens off...

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Celebrated Viennese conductor Herbert Zipper, then-conductor of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, makes some observations on an opera score to violinis...

Joe DiMaggio, right, the New York Yankees great centerfielder, smiles broadly as he signs his 1949 contract in the Yankees' office in New York, Februa...

This is a view of the library at Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY, February 6, 1949, where retired sailors have a wide variety of books, magazines, and...

Hungry customers get coffee, sandwiches, and cake on the house at Fort Greene, retail market in Brooklyn, N.Y., January 27, 1949. Katherine O'Toole, t...

President Truman, left, congratulates his new Secretary of State, Dean Acheson, after Acheson took the oath of office in a White House ceremony Januar...

President Harry S. Truman delivers inaugural address from Capitol portico here today, January 20, 1949, after taking oath of office for his first full...

Leaving Blair House for inauguration oath-taking at the Capitol, January 20, 1949, are left to right: Mrs. Truman; Margaret, daughter of the Presiden...

Bert Bell, center, of Philadelphia, receives congratulations in Chicago Jan. 20, 1949 fronm George Halas Jr., left, and Charles W. Bidwell Jr. after b...

Sir Rudolph Bing is shown in this 1949 photo. Bing, the autocratic impresario who propelled the Metropolitan Opera to new heights in popularity and ar...

Ben Hogan is shown putting in 1949. (AP Photo)

Chinese Communist soldiers, captured by Chinese Nationalist troops during the battle for the village of Erhchenchi on the Suchow front, are shown on N...

Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers infielder, makes his debut as a sportscaster for radio station WMCA in New York, November 15, 1948. Robinson will do...

The Truman-Dewey election was over a week ago, but Dan Scola still pushes a peanut with his nose, November 11, 1948, in Miami, Florida. Scola, an air...

Actress Jane Russell, takes time out from playing the notorious Belle Starr to nail a voting sign to a sound stage door on a Hollywood movie lot, Octo...

John Adams, second president of the United States, was born in this frame house in Braintree, now called Quincy, Mass. Built in 1681, the house has b...

This October 22, 1948 photo shows the birthplace of John Quincy Adams, son of the second President of the U.S., and himself the sixth chief executive...

Winning pitcher Warren Spahn, center, of the Boston Braves is flanked by joyous teammates Bob Elliott, left, and Tommy Holmes in the dressing room in...

Lou Boudreau and his wife are shown in Boston during the first game of the World Series against the Braves on October 6, 1948. (AP Photo/stf)

Campaigning President Harry S. Truman speaks to a Waco, Texas crowd from his train platform, September 27, 1948. (AP Photo/stf)

The Boston Braves are shown on Sept. 16, 1948. Front row, left to right: Paul Burris; Bob Sturgeon; Clint Conatser; bat boy Charles Chronopolous; ball...

Engineer Herman Norwood, right, checks a record of poems by Robert Lowell, Jr., while the author looks on at the Library of Congress Recording Laborat...

Robert Lowell, Jr., Library of Congress consultant in poetry in English, listens to a playback of a new recording of poetry in his office in Washingto...

Pickets carrying placards bearing anti-draft slogans parade in front of Haaren High School, New York, August 30, 1948, one of the city's draft centers...

Emil Zatopek, Czech track star, is shown in action at the International Athletics Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, on Aug. 20, 1948. (AP Photo)

Admirers of Babe Ruth wait outside of Yankee Stadium in New York, on August 18, 1948, to get a final glimpse of the Bambino, whose body lies in state...

New York Yankees' players stand in the dugout at Yankee Stadium, NY, in silent tribute after announcement of Babe Ruth's death, August 16, 1948. (AP...

Youngsters get a birds eye view of the boardwalk from the Ferris Wheel, Coney Island, New York, August 14, 1948. (AP Photo)

On the victor's rostrum after the light-heavyweight weightlifting Olympic final at Earls Court, London, England, August 11, 1948, are Stanley A. Stanc...

Dr. Sammy Lee, U.S. Army Medical Lieutenant from Pasadena, Calif., dives from the tower of the Empire Pool in Wembley, England, August 5, 1948 in the...

Paul Robeson, tall man at right, singer and co-chairman of the Progressive party, leads advocates of

Leon Williams Johnson, shown on July 29, 1948, was a retired Air Force general who won the Medal of Honor. He died Nov. 10, 1997 in McLean, Va. at 93...

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Babe Ruth, greating youngsters, is surrounded by some of his youthful admirers in St. Louis, Mo., at Sportsman's Park, on June 16, 1948. (AP Photo)

Tony Zale's arms are raised after he defeated Rocky Graziano for the middleweight championship in Newark, N.J. in this June 10, 1948 photo. At left is...

Paul Robeson, center, leads a group of pickets carrying signs protesting against passage of the Mundt-Nixon bill as they parade in front of the White...

Ben Hogan, grinning broadly, lifts the PGA Championship Cup in St. Louis, Mo., on May 25, 1948, after defeating Mike Turnesa. (AP Photo)

Actress Marjorie Reynolds poses on a deck chair aboard the oceanliner Queen Mary upon her arrival in New York from England May 5, 1948. (AP Photo)

Babe Ruth smiles a greeting to Charley Dunsmoor, four-year-old son of actress Claire Trevor, left, as he arrives in Los Angeles on May 1, 1948 to supe...

An April 18, 1948 portrait of Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder Jackie Robinson. (AP PHoto/stf)

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Eddie Arcaro, pins a photo of Citation, the horse he rode in the Kentucky Derby on his locker in Jamaica, N.Y., April, 10, 1948. Arcaro, who rode Whir...

Rep. Lyndon Johnson, D-Texas, emerges from the White House April 6, 1948, after telling President Truman personally that this country should not demob...

Jackie Robinson, who played first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers last season, stands with rookie catcher Roy Campanella (right), who has been brought u...

Richie Ashburn is shown in this March 26, 1948 photo, at the Phillies' spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida. (AP Photo)

Philadelphia Phillies Richie Ashburn, 21, is shown at spring training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, March 26, 1948. (AP Photo)

Chin Pi-hwei, better known as the Mata Hari of the East, was executed at the Hopei Model Prison in Peiping, China, on March 25, 1948. She was convict...

Chin Pi-hwei, Radiant Jade, better known as the Mata Hari of the East, was executed at the Hopei Model Prison in Peiping, China, on March 25, 1948. S...

President Harry S. Truman, left, shakes hands with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, right, of New York, Republican Presidential aspirant, as he arrives at review...