AP Historical Hard Drive 2009

Joe Gordon, the ex-Newarker filling Tony Lazzeri???s boots for the New York Yankees, poles a triple with the bases loaded in an exhibition battle with...

Joe Gordon, who???s been promoted from Newark to take Tony Lazzeri???s assignment at second on the world champion New York Yankee team, tunes up for h...

This is a swimming pool interior shot of the Presidents Swimming Pool in the White House, Jan. 26, 1938, Washington, D.C. (AP Photo)

John Claybrook, 66, seated at far right, made southern history by sitting on a jury at Marion, Ark., Jan. 6, 1938, with 11 white men and concurring in...

Queen Elizabeth of Great Britian and Princess Elizabeth attended a matinee performance of the Children???s Christmas show, ??swhere the rainbow ends,?...

This detachment will live forever in Japanese military annals as it was the first to capture one of the many gates of Nanking, China, Dec. 18, 1937. T...

Cliff Battles, Riley Smith, Sammy Baugh (left to right) of professional WX Redskins, before Tilt on Sunday, Dec. 12, 1937 at CX, in which they beat CX...

Modern dance choreographer Uday Shankar of India and conductor Leopold Stokowski,are shown, Dec. 11, 1937. (AP Photo)

W.H. Donald, Australian who is economic adviser to the Chinese government, and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, head of China???s air forces and wife of Genera...

Coaches at Washington University in St. Louis get together at a practice session, Sept. 21, 1937. From left to right are football mentors Frank Kepoza...

Germany's Prime Minister and Air Minister Hermann Goering, left, talks with Franken District leader Julius Streicher, following the Nazi Party Congre...

Closely packed columns of brown-shirted stormtroopers during the final speeches of the Nazi Party Congress, in the Luitpold Arena, in Nuremberg, on Se...

Long columns of brown-shirted stormtroopers march past German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, saluting right in car, in Adolf Hitler Square, on Sept. 12, 19...

Chiang Kai-Shek is shown with wife, Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, also known as Soong Mei-ling, in 1937. (AP Photo)

Queen Elizabeth and Dowager Queen Mary are shown as they rode to Buckingham Palace after watching the Horse Guards Parade on June 14, 1937 in London,...

While their mother, Queen Elizabeth (with back to camera), shakes hands with an Indian Officer, England???s little Princesses, Elizabeth (left) and Ma...

The glass coach occupied by Queen Mary and Queen Maud of Norway with its mounted escort encircling one side of Parliament Square as it approached West...

With arms upraised the Archbishop of Canterbury places upon the brow of King George VI the crown which officially makes him the King-Emperor of the...

Leader of the Spanish Nationalist forces General Emilio Mola, during an inspection of a forward position on the Basque front, somewhere in Spain, on M...

These three young outfielders from Dixie are Connie Mack's candidates to back up the veterans Wally Moses, Lou Finney and Bob Johnson. Shown left t...

Members of the newly organized American Guild of Musical Artists met at the home of Alma Gluck Zimbalist, Feb. 3, 1937 to discuss final plans for a be...

Gwendolyn Edith Norton, 13, whose mother Mrs. Violet Wells Norton is under arrest in Los Angeles, on Jan. 27, 1937 on a mail fraud charge for an alleg...

Mrs. Violet Norton (left) shown entering the U.S. Attorney?s office in Los Angeles, on Jan. 27, 1937 to be questioned following her arrest here on a c...

Aboard the liner Lafayette are Uday Shankar, Hindu dancer, and his partner, Simkie of Paris, as they arrived in New York, Jan. 7, 1937. (AP Photo/Tom...

All American halfback, Byron ??sWhizzer??? White, No. 24, evades the entire Rice team, particularly Owl center Husbands, No. 16, and goes all the way...

This picture was taken during the summer and before the kidnapping of Nanking Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-Shek, by an unruly Manchurian war lord in Shan...

Shirley Temple is writing to Santa Claus and her letter just asks him to give all the boys and girls the best Christmas ever, Dec. 6, 1936, Hollywood,...

Lou Gehrig,

Spanish rebel Commander-in-Chief General Francisco Franco, left, leaves the rebel headquarters in Burgos, Spain, on Aug. 19, 1936, with General Emilio...

Spanish rebel Commander-in-Chief General Francisco Franco, centre left, with General Emilio Mola, centre right with cap, and their staff officers, wal...

Spanish rebel Commander-in-Chief General Francisco Franco,nearest the camera, embarces General Emilio Mola, at the rebel headquarters in Burgos, Spain...

These girls won the right to represent the United States in the 100 meter backstroke in the Olympic Games by winning the first three places in this ev...

Earl Browder, secretary of the Communist Party struck the keynote of the party's ninth annual convention, The direct issue of the 1936 election is not...

The trial of Dr. Buck Ruxton, charged with the murder of his wife, Isabella, was resumed at the assizes in Manchester on March 3, 1936 when the court...

Isadore

Evelyn Frechette, 27, sweetheart of the slain John Dillinger, is shown in U.S. Commissioner???s Court when she took a pauper???s oath which releases h...

Selection of the jury to try Isadore 'Kid Cann

William C. Dannenberg, left, of Chicago, former Department of Justice operative and now an aide in the defense of Isadore

Mary Louise Curtis Bok, widow of Edward W. Bok, Philadelphia publisher, smiles as she receives the Austrian Order of Merit, first class from Edgar L.G...

General Chiang Kai-Shek, commander-in-chief of the Chinese National Forces, and premier of the regime???s new central government, is pictured in a rec...

Corroboration of the identification of Isadore

King George of the Hellenes ended his twelve years??? exile when he returned to Athens on November 25. Remarkable demonstrations of welcome were witne...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt waves goodbye to a cheering throng of over 50,000 following his address in Atlanta, Nov. 29, 1935. At right is his son...

Shirley Temple, like any other little girl of 6 years, started to school and proved to be bright enough to win a gold star for her first days performa...

Paul ??sDaffy??? Dean, left, is not as happy as brother Dizzy, since Paul was knocked out of the box as he pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals, in the...

Former heavyweight boxing champ Max Baer gets his face wiped by his manager Ancil Hoffman in Speculator, N.Y., Aug. 14, 1935. He is training for his b...

Mary Louise Curtis Bok of Philadelphia is shown, 1935. (AP Photo)

This is a view of one of the architectural beauties of the ancient town of Split, along the Dalmatian coast, which has become one of the most importan...

New York Yankees catcher Bill Dickey chases down a foul tip for the photographer during spring training at St. Petersburg, Fla., March 20, 1935. Dicke...

Noted violinist Efrem Zimbalist rehearses the cast for ??sEugen Onegin??? which he will conduct at Mecca Temple in New York City, Feb. 15, 1935. The o...