AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

A Chinese girl from Nanking lies in a hospital recovering from severe burns and cuts after the Japanesse attack on the city, Feb. 5, 1938. (AP Photo)

Japanese soldiers who have occupied the capital city of Nanking, China give some cakes from home to Chinese youngsters who apparently have no anti-Jap...

Japanese soldiers in Nanking, China bargain with a Chinese street food vendor for something in addition to their army rations, Jan. 22, 1938. (AP Phot...

Destruction in Nanking, China, by Japanese attack, Jan. 4, 1938. (AP Photo)

This is the way one of the Japanese conquerors of Nanking, China joined in the march into the Chinese city, Dec. 30, 1937. (AP Photo)

Portions of Nanking were reduced to rubble by Japanese artillery fire and devastating flames started by retreating Chinese in China, Dec. 14, 1937 as...

Byron ??sWhizzer??? White, Colorado University and all-America back, one of the grid stars who will see action in the New Year???s Day Game with Rice...

Amidst amazing scenes of traditional splendour the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth drove in state procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminste...

Mr. and Mrs. Jouett Shouse of American Liberty League, as they arrived at the Ford Theater in Washington for the George Cohan show

At Hollywood, Shirley Temple, shows her dollhouse to Mary McArthur daughter of Helen Hayes and Charles McArthur, just before Mary returned to her home...

Miss Gladys O???Donnell of Long Beach, Calif., is shown in the cockpit of her plane at the national air races in Cleveland, on Sept. 3, 1937 after she...

Pickets are shown here at one of the entrances to the Republic Steel Corporation???s mines, July 15, 1937 in Connellsville,Pa., where they are on str...

Sen. Joseph T. Robinson (D-Ark) (left), administration leader in the U.S. Senate, brought his fishing tackle along when he returned to Jefferson Islan...

Democratic members of congress forgot their differences as they joined their chief, President Franklin Roosevelt, in a day of fun on this pine-covered...

Princess Elizabeth, their-apparent to the throne of England as the king's oldest daughter, waves gracefully to the crowd which watched her leave Bucki...

Shown leaving his home for the final session of the present term of the Supreme Court is Associate Justice Willis Van Devanter who participated in the...

The scene on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the return of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth form the Abbey on May 20, 1937 in London....

This official photograph shows King George VI and Queen Elizabeth wearing heir coronation robes and crowns, on their throne in Buckingham Palace on Ma...

The little princess, age 11, appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on a very auspicious occasion. The coronation of her father, King George VI,...

Crowds rushed to the gates of Buckingham Palace as the royal family appeared on the balcony upon their return from the coronation ceremony in Westmins...

Shortly before the Senate Judiciary Committee of which he is chairman, voted to report adversely on President Franklin Roosevelt's court reorganizatio...

Members of the British Royal Family in this radiophoto on May 15, 1937 in London. From left to right: the princess Royal, the Duchess and Duke of G...

A General view of crowds watching the procession for the coronaction of King George VI coming up Northumberland Avenue and across the square on the re...

British troops are shown passing through Admiralty Arch during the coronation procession on May 12, 1937 in London for King George VI. (AP Photo)

Huge crowd in Trafalgar Square watching the State coach passing through on the return journey from the Westminister Abbey on May 12, 1937 for the coro...

Shirley Temple, left, cuts the cake for the celebration of her eighth birthday as Grace Fields, an English actress, extends her plate, April 25, 1937,...

Burleigh Grimes left, new managerr of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and manager Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees are shown at Ebbets Field before their te...

Justice Owen Roberts, is shown on his farm in West Vincent Township, Phoenixville, Pa., six miles on April 13, 1937. Justice Robert's switch to the

Apparently not too glum while the Supreme Court still ponders its decision involving his Labor Act, Senator Robert F. Wagner (right) of New York gives...

Apparently not too glum while the Supreme Court still ponders its decision involving his Labor Act, Senator Robert F. Wagner (right) of New York gives...

Apparently not too glum while the Supreme Court still ponders its decision involving his Labor Act, Senator Robert F. Wagner (right) of New York gives...

Sen. Joseph Robinson (D-Ark) Senate Majority Leader shown at night on March 31, 1937 in Washington, in a National Radio address as he attacked critics...

Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers making copper utensils for Pima County Hospital in Texas, March 26, 1937. (AP Photo)

Senators Royal S. Copeland of New York (left), David I. Walsh of Massachusetts (center) and Edward R. Burke of Nebraska are shown conferring at a mass...

U.S. Senator Henry F. Ashurst (left) and Attorney General Homer S. Cummings (right) at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on March 10, 1937. (AP Photo...

Shown from left to right are Senators William G. McAdoo of California, Key Pittman of Nevada and Robert F. Wagner of New York, all Democrats, who conf...

The trial of three men charged with the Kidnapping and Assault of Paul H. Wendel, former Trenton, N.J. Lawyer, a year ago was postponed for one week b...

Senator T. Robinson of Arkansas and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings enjoy an early morning dance on Jan. 31, 1937 in Washington, while was one of the features...

Eddie Cantor, left, and little Shirley Temple are two of the film stars who will take part in the film celebration of the birthday of President Frankl...

Novelist Hugh Walpole said he was

U.S. Senator Joseph T. Robinson (D-Ark), who had been leading President Franklin Roosevelt's battle for his court reorganization program, was found de...

Photo of Byron (Whizzer) White Colorado University girder, shown in 1937. Holding ball, (AP Photo)

Although America is stirred about the chances of Mrs. Wallis Simpson becoming a queen, old England has its heart set on a second Queen Elizabeth. The...

Shirley Temple, child star of the screen, tries out her newest pony, Road King 11, champion trick pony of the American Royal Horse show in Kansas City...

Actress Shirley Temple is shown, Oct. 10, 1936. (AP Photo)

Samuel of Speen, from the Shetland Island off Scotland, finally met up with his new mistress, Shirley Temple, after a 3,000-mile trip by water and a 3...

Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette Club, anchor man on the relay team, is shown crossing the finish line to win the 400-meter relay for his team, July 4, 19...

Ginette Marboeuf-Hoyet, winner of a contest conducted by a Paris newspaper to find a French Shirley Temple, left, arrived and was greeted on the (20th...

Princess Elizabeth, who celebrated her tenth birthday April 21, is shown riding her new white pony in Windsor Great Park, on April 21, 1936 accompanie...

Very much at east, Attorney General Homer S. Cummings is shown as first witness on March 11, 1936 in Washington, before the Senate Judiciary Committe...