AP Historical Hard Drive 1997

William

Lino Rivera, 16, is shown in the W. 122nd St. police station on March 20, 1935, with Lieut. S. J. Battle, left, and policeman F.W. Eldridge, right, of...

Here is the wrecked front of a store in the Harlem section of New York, as policeman stood on guard March 20, 1935, a few hours after riots swept thro...

Appearing in the full uniform of the Boston Braves for the first time on March 9, 1935, Babe Ruth slashed out a single in his first trip to the plate...

Babe Ruth and Rabbit Maranville, veteran stars of the major leagues shown at the training camp in St. Petersburg, Florida, March 6, 1935, as the Babe...

From left to right: St. Louis Cardinals Dizzy Dean, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Paul Dean, seen at spring training, February 18, 1935. (AP Photo)

Rocket scientist Dr. Robert H. Goddard is shown in this 1935 photo. (AP photo)

Frankie Frisch, St. Louis Cardinals player and manager is shown in 1935 during batting practice. (AP Photo)

Franklin D. Roosevelt signing one of the many bills which he hopes will improve conditions throughout the country. Standing left to right: Attorney...

Residents of Tupelo, Miss., listen with rapt attention as President Roosevelt tells them of his pet project in an address November 18, 1934. (AP Phot...

Manager Mickey Cochrane of the Detroit Tigers, left, and Frankie Frisch, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, as they shook hands just before the start...

A rare shot of Babe Ruth sliding safely in a Yankee - Detroit Tiger game in August, 1934. The catcher is Ray Hayworth. Usually, the Babe tiptoed acr...

Carl Hubbell of the Giants, left, and Vernon Gomez of the Yankees, shown before they started the day for the All-Star teams in New York City July 10,...

Lawyer Clarence Darrow is shown as he read some of the reports on his board of review statements in Washington, May 21, 1934. Darrow was reported as...

Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees, left, shown with Jimmy Foxx, of the Philadelphia Athletics just before the opening of the first game of the season...

Joe

A March 22, 1934 posed batting portrait of Joe

Connie Mack, right, veteran manager of the Athletics, talking with Casey Stengel, new manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, at Ft. Meyers, Florida, March 2...

Rogers Hornsby, the new manager of the St. Louis Browns, is seen at the training camp at West Palm Beach, Florida, March 15, 1934. Hornsby is fast ro...

Babe Ruth, the old maestro of swat, shown in New York City February 7, 1934, when he celebrated his 40th birthday with his family. (AP Photo)

Olympic skating champion Sonja Henie in a practice session at the European Figure Skating Championships in Prague, January 28, 1934. (AP Photo)

Singer Ethel Merman is seen in a 1934 publicity photo taken while starring on Broadway in the Cole Porter musical,

Robert Moses

A 1934 posed batting photo of Casey Stengel, first-year manager for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Dodgers finished in sixth place that season. (AP Photo...

Young Lyndon Johnson, age 26, poses with his new shy bride, former Lady Bird Taylor, in front of the capitol in 1934, in this family photo from the Jo...

A 1934 profile portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States. (AP Photo)

A flower vendor stands at the corner of 90th Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City, December 16, 1933. (AP Photo)

More than 1,200 braved disagreeable weather to attend a rally in Union Square, New York City, December 9, 1933, on behalf of the nine Scottsboro boys....

President Franklin D. Roosevelt waving, left Warm Springs, Ga., December 3, 1933 after spending Thanksgiving at his other home. The president's wif...

Heinie Manush, outfielder for the Washington Senators, hits out a few balls at the Polo Grounds in New York, October 2, 1933. It was the last practic...

Charlie Chaplin and the actress Paulette Goddard are shown at a dinner in Hollywood, September 29, 1933. (AP Photo)

A September 20, 1933 portrait of Sam Rice, outfielder for the Washington Senators. (AP Photo)

Mel Ott, New York Giants' outfielder is seen in this September 20, 1933 photo in New York. (AP Photo)

Leon

Journalists stand around President Franklin D. Roosevelt, August 4, 1933, during one of the daily press conferences held on the lawn of his estate at...

Miss Nancy Cook, left, and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, hang up an NRA sign in their furniture shop near Hyde Park, N.Y. on July 13, 1933. They are s...

Babe Ruth crosses home plate following a two run home run off National League starting pitcher Bill Hallahan in the third inning of the first All-Star...

One of the anti-Hitler rioters at the North German Lloyd Pier is hauled away by a mounted policeman during a protest in New York City, on May 25, 1933...

A long line of marchers paraded through the streets of Washington, DC, May 8, 1933, to the White House to present a petition to president Roosevelt as...

Residents gather in Harlem, New York City, April 9, 1933, to read a placard protesting against the decision of a jury in the trial of Haywood Patterso...

Here is shown a part of the crowd of 10,000 persons who jammed the courthouse square in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, April 6, 1933, on the...

An elderly Jew is harassed by Hitler's Brown Shirts in a Berlin, Germany street on April 4, 1933. (AP Photo)

With Judge James E. Horton leaning over eagerly listening to his testimony, Dr. R. R. Bridges, Scottsboro, Ala. physician, testifies April 3, 1933 in...

The man behind the beard is none other than Yankee outfielder Babe Ruth who donned the whiskers for an exhibition game with the House of David team at...

Hack Wilson is shown training at the Brooklyn Dodgers camp in Miami, Florida, March 16, 1933. (AP Photo)

Pepper Martin, left, and Dizzy Dean, of the St. Louis Cardinals, shaking hands on their training camp resolutions for a successful year in the coming...

Mel Ott of the New York Giants' shows his batting stance, March 8, 1933, at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

The inaugural parade over, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is pictured with his mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, and his son, John, as they left th...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, photographed in their car shortly after leaving the reviewing stand in fro...

Presidential hunting and fishing license, state of Maine, issued to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, March 1, 1933. (AP Photo)