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Ralph Metcalfe, right, finishes in second place during the 100-meter trial for the Summer Olympics on July 17, 1932 in Stanford, Calif. Others are u...

Lieutenant Baron Nishi, Japanese equestrian rider, shown clearing the water jump at the Riviera Country Club Course at Los Angeles, California July 14...

Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, July 2, 1932. (AP Photo)

Bob Pearce of Australia, single sculls champion in the Summer Olympic games at Amsterdam, 1928, rests on his oars June 24, 1932, at Long Beach, Calif....

The large scoreboard to be used in the Olympic stadium in Los Angeles during the international games, flashed its first message when it sent out a wel...

Ralph Metcalfe, of Marquette University in Milwaukee, broke two world records June 11, 1932 in Chicago at the National College Track Meet. In setting...

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, pauses in the window of his train as he departs Istanbul for Angora, March 5, 1932. As a leader...

Chicago Cubs infielder Elwood

Olympic gold medalist and track and field star Mildred Babe Didrikson jumps a hurdle in this 1932 photo. (AP Photo)

Long distance runner Paavo Nurmi, known as the Flying Finn, is shown training in 1932 in New York. He won nine gold medals in three Olympics, in 1920...

A photo circa 1932 of Aileen Riggin, well known fancy diving champion in swim suit. (AP photo)

Closeup view of Frank Wykoff, the University of Southern California sprinter who was named the world's fastest human in 1930. (AP Photo)

Humorist Will Rogers, right, joins Gov. William

This is a January 3, 1931 photo of novelist Sinclair Lewis, perched on a balcony of his room overlooking Unter Den Linden, Berlin, Germany. Lewis, wh...

Paavo Nurmi, the flying Finn, shown in this September 1930 photo winning a 5,000-meter race in Berlin. (AP Photo)

Veteran marathoner Clarence DeMar of the Melrose American Legion Post crosses the finish line April 19, 1930 in Boston, Mass., to win the Boston Marat...

Frank Wykoff, member of the 1928 American Olympic team, is shown training for his first season of varsity competition on the University of Southern Ca...

A June 17,1929 photo of race horse Man O' War. (AP Photo)

Explorer Richard E. Byrd is shown in 1929. (AP Photo)

Johnny Weissmuller is shown competing in an international swimming tournament at the Tamagawa pool on the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan, in November 1928,...

Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller of Ill. A.C. and track runner Elizabeth Robinson, of Chicago, are posing at the Mcalpin Hotel in NY at a reception for Olym...

John Rinkel of Britain passes the baton to teammate Roger Leigh-Wood while American Taylor passes the baton to Raymond Barbuti during a meet between t...

This is an April 17, 1928 photo of John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, swinging a bat. (AP Photo)

American sprinters and Olympic champions Jackson Scholz, left, and Charles

Veteran marathoner Clarence DeMar poses before a race in 1928. DeMar, who ran for the Melrose American Legion Post, won the Boston Marathon a record...

This is a 1928 photo of golfer Cyril Walker. (AP photo)

Automobiles drive past the Chicago Coliseum as it hosts an American Road Builders convention in this 1927 photo. The Coliseum, several times voted the

President Calvin Coolidge goes native as Chief Leading Eagle of the Sioux tribe when he was adopted as the first white chief of the tribe at the celeb...

More than 70,000 fans jammed every inch of Yankee Stadium in 1927 to view the third game of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Pitt...

Jim Thorpe, greeted by a group of American Indians from a nearby reservation at St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo)

Commander Richard Byrd and Warrant machinist Bennett are awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Calvin Coolidge at the White House in 1...

Detroit Tigers outfielder, Ty Cobb, slides into base in 1925. (AP photo/fls)

Commander Richard Byrd is shown in 1925 in his Arctic garb. He is holding his invention of a sundial compass which enabled him to determine the positi...

This is a photo from 1923 of the original Celtics basketball team. The players from left are: Joe Lapchick, Chris Leonard, Dutch Dehnert, Pete Barry...

Margaret Woodrow Wilson, 57, daughter of Woodrow Wilson, is shown in a 1923 photo. (Ap Photo)

Olympics held at the Antwerp Stadium, showing the US contingent leading all the athletes in the procession around the field on August 26, 1920, after...

Charles (Charley) Paddock, second from right, of the USA wins the 100 meters final with his famous

General view of the opening session of the Republican National Convention in the Chicago Coliseum June 9, 1920 with William Hays, chairman of the Repu...

This is a file photo of Times Square area near 42nd Street in New York City. This photo is circa 1920s. (AP Photo)

An undated photo about 1917 of Manfred von Richthofen,

Allied troops huddle in a trench around a tiny fire near Ypres, Belgium, during World War I in the Autumn of 1914. (AP Photo)

This is the front page of the Concord Evening Monitor, in Concord, N.H., the day after Democrats swept the elections in 1912. New Hampshire has long b...

William Jennings Bryan speaks during the 1912 Presidential Campaign. Location is unknown. (AP Photo)

Author Samuel Clemens, known as Mark Twain, is shown with his wife, Olivia, and daughter, Clara at their suburban London home in 1900. (AP Photo)