AP Historical Hard Drive 2002

After 2,000 jobs are made available for park improvements and repairs, about 5,000 unemployed people gather outside City Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct....

Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt, right, is shown with his mother, Sara Delano Rosevelt, at the opening session of the Democratic State Conv...

A steel worker rests on a girder at the 86th floor of the new Empire State Building during construction in New York City, Sept. 24, 1930. The tower o...

The Empire State Building in New York City is shown on September 19, 1930, just after the steel work was completed. When finished, the new landmark bu...

Vaudeville comedian Eddie Cantor of New York poses on the steps of the White House after being received by President Herbert Hoover in Washington, D.C...

Amateur golfer Bobby Jones, far right at arrow, chips to ninth green in final round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Interlachen Country Club in Ho...

Americans Elizabeth Ryan, left, and Helen Wills Moody are shown before their singles tennis championship match at Wimbledon, England, in July 1930. M...

Otto Sanhuber, center, leads a jury trying him for the murder eight years ago of Fred Oesterreich to the scene of the crime, the victim's home, in Los...

A section of the crowded Stock Trading floor in Chicago, Ill., is shown on Sept. 9, 1930 before it was officially opened by U.S. President Herbert Hoo...

The USS Lexington maneuvers off the coast of Virginia with a number of planes huddled on the forward end of its broad deck on April 29, 1930. At righ...

Robert Shawkey, left, manager of the New York Yankees and Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, shake hands before their teams start the...

Hack Wilson, Chicago Cubs center fielder, is shown on March 27, 1930. (AP Photo)

Bob Shawkey, new manager for the New York Yankees, is shown golfing on the course of the Pasadena Golf Club in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 24, 1930. (...

Sonja Henie of Oslo, Norway, winner of the world's figure skating championship, receives the trophy from Charles T. Church, president of the United St...

Pierre Samuel du Pont, great-grandson of company founder E.I. du Pont, and chairman of the board of the company, is shown in Feb. 1930. (AP Photo)

The New York skyline in Midtown is shown with its new addition of the Chrysler Building, center, with the Channin Building on the left and the New Yor...

This general view shows a play during the first quarter in a night game between Washington University of St. Louis and Drury College in St. Louis, Mis...

The main cable of the George Washington Bridge is being layed as construction of the suspension bridge connecting New York and New Jersey continues on...

This October 1929 photo shows Henry Ford as he whispers something in Thomas A. Edison's ear. (AP Photo)

The giant German dirigible Graf Zeppelin is walked into the hangar at Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 29, 1929, after its arrival on the last leg of its history...

The giant German dirigible Graf Zeppelin is being pulled down from the air to be berthed in the hangar at Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 29, 1929. The Graf Ze...

The giant German dirigible Graf Zeppelin is shown at Lakehurst, N.J., Aug. 29, 1929, after its flight around the world. (AP Photo)

Tommy Armour, Detroit, Mich., receives the silver cup and a check for $500 from Robert A. Cutting, Chicago, Ill., president of the Western Golf Assn.,...

Singer Rudy Vallee is shown in boxing gear during his visit at the camp of Italian heavyweight boxer Victorio Campolo in New York City, Aug. 12, 1929....

Bobby Jones, left, and Al Espinosa shake hands at the end of their 36-hole playoff in the U.S. Open golf tournament at the Winged Foot Golf Club in Ma...

Thomas Edison's Menlo Park glass blowing laboratory, in which he developed the carbon filament electric light, is shown at Parsippany, N.J., June 22,...

Samuel Ryder presents the Ryder Cup to George Duncan, the captain of the British team who beat the U.S., in Leeds, England, April 23, 1929. (AP Photo...

Inventor Thomas A. Edison, second from right, celebrates his 82nd birthday with friends Herbert Hoover, left, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone, right,...

American golfer Johnny Farrell, 1928 U.S. Open Champion, is shown in action on Jan. 17, 1929 at an unknown location. (AP Photo)

Walter Hagen is shown in action during the fourth annual $10,000 Los Angeles Open Golf tournament at the Riviera Country Club course near Santa Monica...

Governor of New York Franklin D. Roosevelt, seated, is shown with his wife, Eleanor, left, and mother, Sara, after his unaugural ceremonies in New Yor...

This is a 1929 photo of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, a German military officer who developed the rigid airship, or dirigible, that bears his name. (A...

Starting pitchers Grover Cleveland Alexander, left, St. Louis Cardinals, and George Pipgras, New York Yankees, shake hands before start of second game...

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Ty Cobb, left, and Tris Speaker, teammates of the Philadelphia Athletics, are shown in the dugout on Sept. 9, 1928. On Sept. 11, Cobb played his fin...

The three planes to be used in the Antarctic expedition organized by explorer Richard Byrd are shown before take off from Mitchell Field, Long Island,...

Richard Halliburton, adventure writer and traveler, lunches beside the Panama Canal near Colon on Sept. 4, 1928. Halliburton swam through the Panama...

American aviatrix Amelia Earhart poses with flowers as she arrives in Southampton, England, after her transatlantic flight on the

Lefty O'Doul, new outfielder for the New York Giants, poses on May 24, 1928. (AP Photo)

A section of the nearly completed German dirigible LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin is shown at the plant at Friedrichshafen, Germany, May 12, 1928. The airship...

This aerial view shows the broken water barrier of San Francisquito Canyon, Ca., after the St. Francis Dam burst on March 13, 1928. The dam's reservo...

British race car driver Capt. Malcolm Campbell is shown in his Napier-Campbell

Sonja Henie practices in Oslo, Norway, Jan. 24, 1928. Henie will compete in the Figure Skating Ladies Single at the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in...

Anna Jarvis, who conceived the idea of a special tribute to mothers, is shown in 1928 at a unknown location. Jarvis began a crusade for a national ho...

Boats float down Main Street on the second day of flooding in Montpelier, Vt., in Nov. 1927. Water reached the second floor of building's in city's...

Amateur golfer Bobby Jones of Atlanta, Ga., plays the 8th hole of the morning round in the U.S. Amateur semi-final with Francis Ouimet at Minikahda Cl...

Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis sits at the Concord, N.H., Airport in July 1927 where Lindbergh landed after his tour of America. (AP Photo)

Explorer Richard Byrd takes the Fokker monoplane

This aerial view shows refugee camps set up to shelter those without homes in the aftermath of the Mississippi River flooding, April 25, 1927. The Mi...

John McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, left, shakes hands with Ty Cobb, outfielder with the Philadelphia Athletics, as Roger Hornsby, newly acqu...