AP Historical Hard Drive 2002

Milton B. Hershey, philanthropist and founder of the Hershey cocoa and chocolate business in Hershey, Pa., is shown in Oct. 1937. (AP Photo)

Japanese troops scramble up a ridge as they close on to the strategic city of Techow on the Tien-tsin-Pukow railway during the Second Sino-Japanese Wa...

Japanese troops advance among the ruins of their own shells and bombs after fierce bombardment on the Eastern edge of Chapei, Shanghai, Oct. 1937 duri...

Mobs of Chinese men, women and children pour out of Chapei, Shanghai, during evacuation of the district as Chinese troops retreat and Japanese forces...

Jimmie Angel, born in Missouri in 1899, is seen near Angel Falls, Venezuela, in this Oct. 1937 photo. Angel Falls, the world's highest waterfall, was...

The crash site of Jimmie Angel's Flamingo plane is inspected near Angel Falls, Venezuela, in this Oct.1937 photo. Angel Falls, the world's highest wat...

British actor, director and composer Charlie Chaplin and actress Paulette Goddard are shown in a box at the Pacific Southewest Tennis championship mat...

Harry Bridges, miltant head of Pacific Coast longshormen, and CIO leader, addresses an open-air rally in Los Angles Sept.14,1937. He told the meetin...

After a long day of picking cotton, people enjoy music and dance at night outside a cabin on Aug. 31, 1937. These workers are among 700 blacks living...

This is a general view of Nanking Road in Shanghai, China, Aug. 18, 1937. (AP Photo)

New York prosecuting attorney Thomas E. Dewey points to the camera in his office in New York City on Aug. 17, 1937. Dewey is a candidate for District...

Evalyn Walsh McLean wears the Hope diamond in Broadmoor, her summer home near Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Aug. 9, 1937. (AP Photo)

Seabiscuit, wearing the victory flower garland, is shown with jockey Johnny

A Japanese infantry unit gets ready to battle against the Chinese Communist Armed Forces in China during the Second Sino-Japanese War in Aug. 1937. (...

An unidentified Native American Indian, from the Taos pueblo in northern New Mexico, is decorated with a horsetail at a ceremonial dance held at Gallo...

Harold Wadlow, right, lifts his four-year-old son, Harold Jr., who rests a yard stick on his 18-year-old brother Robert's head at their home in Alton,...

An American family moves into the San Joaquin Valley in Bakersfield, Ca., July 23, 1937, escaping drought during the Dust Bowl. (AP Photo)

The Barnett family is shown at their makeshift shelter in Bakersfield, Ca., July 23, 1937. They are one of hundreds of American families who have mov...

This aerial view shows the huge crowd that fills the water and beach at Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Independence Day, July 4, 1937. In the bac...

Don Budge, U.S.A., drives the ball across to G.P. Hughes in the men's singles at Wimbledon, England, July 1, 1937. Budge won the match to advance to...

Members of the Chinese 29th Army defend the city behind a hastiliy constructed sandbag barricade on the Marco Polo Bridge, 14 miles southwest of Piepi...

Mary Pickford and Charles

Actor-comedian Harold Lloyd kisses actress Mary Pickford at the reception following her marriage to Charles

Professional Golfer Jimmy Thomson lifts out of a trap on his way to a 66 and a tie for the National Open lead in Birmingham, Mich., on June 12, 1937....

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor pose on the castle steps after their wedding at Chateau de Cande near Tours, France, on June 3, 1937. At left is Herm...

Playwright Barbara Garson is shown in New York City in June 1937. (AP Photo)

Wilbur Shaw steers his Shaw-Gilmore Special as he is escorted from the Motor Speedway Track to the garage after winning the 500-mile speed race in Ind...

Mauri Rose, 31, of Columbus, Ohio, is shown before the 500-mile Indianapolis race at the Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind., Monday, May 31, 1937....

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is seen as he attends Empire Day Thanksgiving services at St. Paul's Cathedral, on May 31, 1937, in London....

Pace car driver Ralph DePalma pulls aside in the LaSalle, right, after completing the pace lap as drivers start the first lap of the 500-mile race at...

A musician plays the accordion to a group of people at a gypsy encampment in a meadow adjoining Epsom Downs in Epsom, England, Sunday morning, May 30,...

American aviatrix Amelia Earhart, right, and her husband, publisher George Putnam, talk over plans for Earhart's second attempt to fly around the worl...

A group of Basque refugee children, who arrived from Bilbao aboard the Barcelona liner Habana, are shown at their campsite in Stoneham, near Southampt...

Basque refugee children from Bilbao wave on the deck of the Barcelona liner Habana as they arrive at Southampton, England, May 23, 1937. The passenge...

Basque refugee children from Bilbao crowd the deck of the Barcelona liner Habana as it docks at Southampton, England, this morning, May 23, 1937. The...

An unidentified mother of five children from Oklahoma is shown on May 18, 1937 in California near Fresno where they now live as migratory farm workers...

John Cobb drives his Napier-Railton, the fastest scratch car in the world, at speed during the Coronation Gold Trophy race at Brooklands racetrack in...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, second from left, and King George VI, second from right, are seen on the balcony of London's Buckingham Palace, following...

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, left, looks on as her husband is crowned as King George VI during their coronation ceremony in Westminster Cathedral, Londo...

Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain is crowned Queen of the British Empire by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey in London, May 12, 1937....

Funeral services for the 28 Germans who lost their lives in the Hindenburg disaster May 6 are held on the Hamburg-American pier in New York City, May...

German Nazis give the salute as they stand beside the casket of Capt. Ernest A. Lehmann, former commander of the zeppelin Hindenburg, during funeral s...

Relatives and friends of persons listed as missing in the Hindenburg disaster check the bulletin board on which the names of survivors are being added...

Two survivors of the Hindenburg disaster, 13-year-old Werner Franz, cabin boy, and Heinrich Kubis, a steward, are shown in Lakehurst, N.J., May 7, 193...

Surviving members of the crew aboard the ill-fated German zeppelin Hindenburg are photographed at the Naval Air station in Lakehurst, N.J., May 7, 193...

Black smoke rises from the skeleton of the burning Hindenburg airship at Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937. The German-built zeppelin caught fire and expl...

A victim of the Hindenburg disaster is taken away in a stretcher in the aftermath of the airship crash in Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937. The German-bu...

The Hindenburg zeppelin hits the ground after an explosion in mid-air destroyed the hydrogen-inflated German airship over Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1...

An unidentified woman survivor is being led from the scene of the Hindenburg disaster at the U.S. Naval Station in Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937. (AP...

Customs officers search through baggage items salvaged in the Hindenburg explosion in Lakehurst, N.J., May 6, 1937. (AP Photo)