AP Historical Hard Drive 2005

Israeli school children celebrate Independence Day in a special ceremony near Tel Aviv, May 4, 1949. Three thousand youngsters participated, represen...

American singer Paul Robeson listens to interpretation during the Congress of Partisans of Peace at the Salle Pleyel in Paris, April 20, 1949. (AP Ph...

Paul Robeson speaks at the World Conference of Partisans of Peace at the Salle Pleyel, Paris, April 20, 1949. (AP Photo)

Jim Demaret poses near the fairway at the Augusta National Golf Club just before teeing off in the opening round of the Masters tournament here, April...

Belgium's Premier and Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak, seated centre, tests a new pen before signing the North Atlantic Pact in Washington, DC, Apri...

Dr. Reginald Weir of New York, right, congratulates Pancho Gonzales of Los Angeles after losing to him 6-2, 3-6, and 6-4, after the National Indoor Te...

Wer heute, 01. Maerz 1949, durch den Berliner Zoologischen Garten geht, kann sich keinen Begriff von der Schoenheit und Groesse des ehemaligen Zoos ma...

Israeli troops and people in the hills near Jerusalem watch the Tu B'shvat ceremony, Feb. 14, 1949, dedicated to those who lost their lives there, whi...

People in the city of Peiping raise their clenched fists in a welcoming salute for Chinese Communist Forces entering the city after driving out the Na...

Refugees waiting for travel space to the south of China, crowd the platform of the Shanghai railway station. They are the families of nationalist sold...

Antique shops, novelty and souvenir shops line Royal Street in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter, seen here Feb. 2, 1949. Unlike Bourbon Stree...

The Old Opera House Bar, seen Feb. 2, 1949, located in one of the oldest buildings in the French Quarter of New Orleans, was built around 1777 and was...

A newer building on Bourbon Street in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter is seen Feb. 1, 1949. This building houses a Chinese merchant's associ...

Bartenders and patrons of the old Absinthe House in New Orleans are seen, Feb. 1, 1949. Patrons are encouraged to sign their names on a card and stic...

The Absinthe Bar in New Orleans is seen, Feb. 1, 1949. (AP Photo)

Costume dancers participate in the Ball of Krewe of Eros, one of the highlights of Mardi Gras, in New Orleans, La., Jan. 25, 1949. After the grand mar...

People gather in front of the Capitol Building for Harry S. Truman's inauguration ceremony as he takes the oath of office in Washington, D.C., on Jan....

Crowds holding posters of Mao Zedong fill the street of a city in China, celebrating the triumph of the Communist revolution. (AP Photo)

Chinese Nationalist troops march through the outskirts of Nanking, China, towards the Yangtze river, to make a final stand in the defence of the capit...

Sampans are squeezed nearer and nearer to the mouth of Yangtze river, Shanghai, China, Dec. 21, 1948, as more refugees flee from the advancing Communi...

A division of mounted rifle troops of the Chinese Nationalists army, patrols around Nanking, China, Dec. 13, 1948. There has been a rise in the number...

Stretcher bearers carry wounded Chinese Nationalist soldiers to rear first aid stations, during the fighting on the front nr. Suchow, China, Nov. 25,...

Soldiers of a Chinese Nationalist mortar detachment, watch heavy artillery shells explode short of the Communist lines from their position, south of S...

Prisoners of the Israeli army stroll around their camp during their leisure hours, in Palestine, Nov. 19, 1948. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle)

Soldiers of the Israeli army keep guard over prisoners taken in the fighting in Palestine, Nov. 19, 1948. The camp is supervised by the International...

Chinese Nationalist soldiers preparing to defend Peiping (Peking), China, against an attack by the Communist army, pitch their tents in the grounds of...

A division of Nationalist Chinese soldiers march in the Bund, Shanghai, Nov. 12, 1948. As the Communist army moved closer to Shanghai, more military a...

Chinese Nationalist soldiers travelling on Shanghai-Nanking railway with their baggage and piles of 'live' ammunition, rest in front of the main entra...

U.S. President Harry S. Truman holds up an Election Day edition of the Chicago Daily Tribune, which, based on early results, mistakenly announced

British singer Julie Andrews talks to U.S. comedian Danny Kaye on the eve of the Royal Command Variety Performance, at the London Palladium, England,...

Maj. Richard L. Johnson, U.S. Air Force test pilot, flies a North American F-86 over Muroc, Ca., Sept. 15, 1948, when he set a new world speed record...

Members of the General Zionist Council meet for the first time since the establishment of the state of Israel, Aug. 28, 1948. The painting is of Theo...

Boston Braves shortstop Alvin Dark waits his turn during batting practice at Wrigley Field in Chicago, July 15, 1948. (AP Photo/Paul Cannon)

West Berliners wait to fill their water buckets at a fire hydrant on July 3, 1948. After the Communist regime in East Berlin cut off the water supplie...

Some of the Jamaican men, mostly ex Royal Air Force servicemen, aboard the former troopship, S.S. Empire Windrush, before disembarking at Tilbury Dock...

Lord Louis Mountbatten and Lady Pamela Mountbatten bid farewell to the crowd from a carriage in New Delhi , India, on June 21, 1948. The first governo...

Home run king Babe Ruth, wearing his famed number 3 uniform, bows as he acknowledges the cheers of thousands of fans who saw the no. 3 retired permane...

Rocky Graziano, left, of New York and Tony Zale, right, of Gary, Ind., square off at City Hall, Newark, N.J. June 9, 1948, at the weigh-in for their m...

A group of Ohio democratic leaders greet President Truman when his train stopped briefly at Crestline, Ohio, June 4, 1948. Pictured with President Tru...

Dr. Max Stern examines the eyes of middleweight boxing champion Rocky Graziano, left, as challenger Tony Zale looks on in the rear, in Newark, N.J. Ju...

British actor John Mills, right, with British actress Margaret Lockwood and British producer Herbert Wilcox hold their Silver Star awards, at The Dorc...

Anthony Granatelli of Chicago, IL, sits in the new car he will drive in this year's Indianapolis 500, May 8, 1948 in Indianapolis, Ind. Granatelli's...

Rep. Richard M. Nixon (R-Calif.), center, holding roll of paper, tells reporters about a program approved by the House Un-American Activities committe...

Mike Abel is seen here in this un-dated photo. Abel was brought to the UK from South Africa, by the defence, to give evidence in the trial of Deck Ste...

Mrs Ellen Victoria Gibson, mother of Eileen

The Norwegian No. 1 team competing in the four man bobsled event in the Winter Olympics, St. Mortiz, Switzerland, on Feb. 6, 1948. From left to right,...

Hijo Chang Lee of Korea, left, and A. Huiskes of Holland, competing in the 500 metres Olympic speedskating, at St Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 31, 194...

The lighting of the Olympic flame in the ice stadium at St. Mortiz, Switzerland, on Jan. 30, 1948, at the opening of the Olympic Winter Games. (AP Pho...

The British team marches in the ice stadium during the opening parade of the Winter Olympic Games, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 30, 1948. (AP P...

Porfirio Rubirosa, left, shakes hands with President Juan D. Peron of Argentina in Buenos Aires, Jan. 20, 1948. (AP Photo)