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Francis W.H. Adams, a member of the New York City Board of Education, discusses his future during a news conference at his New York City apartment, Au...

Swedish actress Anita Ekberg is photographed in a sports car with Hollywood film producer Sydney Pink after they went nightclubbing in Rome, Italy, Au...

Eddie Scachs, poses in his car, May 13, 1961 after qualifying for the 1961 500-mile race at Indianapolis Indiana Motor Speedway, May 30. His qualifyin...

Eddie Sachs, wave both hands to the crowd at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 13, 1961, after his qualifying run for the May 30, 500-mile auto rac...

The weather was hazy and mild the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 1960, reaching 61.8 degrees in Manhattan. The Monday newspaper reported pleasant weathe...

Crew of U.S. Nuclear Submarine "USS Scorpion" during lauching ceremony in Norfolk, Ct., USA, July 29, 1960. The USS Scorpion, a 3500-ton Skipjack clas...

Two sons, left, and a brother of Russian Poet and novelist Boris Pasternak arrive in graveyard near Moscow, June 1, 1060 to inspect the place wher Pas...

View of the dacha in Moscow, May 31, 1960, where Boris Pasternak lived and died. (AP Photo)

Eddie Sachs is all smiles after winning the pole position for the May 30 500-mile auto race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 14, 1960. (AP Phot...

"Acrobats of God" was a show conceived by Martha Graham, in which "she mocks herself, modern dance, ballet and more." From May 5, 1960 - Graham and Co...

3/16/1960 -- A suit built in 1960 by the Republic Aviation Corporation solved the problem of what "the well-dressed man" would "wear for a stroll over...

Pitmen use push power to start the KLG Special racer driven by Eddie Sachs during time trials in Havanna, Cuba, Feb. 27, 1960. (AP Photo)

Atom-U-Boot "Scorpion" vom Stapel gelaufen. Als juengstes Atomunterseeboot der amerikanischen Marine ist am 29. Dezember 1959 die walfoermige "Scorpio...

Race driver Eddie Sachs after qualifying the Schmidt Special for the May 30, 500 mile race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with average speed of 145.4...

Eddie Sachs buckles his chin strap as he prepares to take his Schmidt special onto the two and a half mile oval at the Indianapolis Speedway for a few...

Cuban Premier Fidel Castro looks through a telescope during a visit atop the Empire State Building in New York, April 23, 1959. Three months after top...

Cuban Premier Fidel Castro looks through a telescope during a visit atop the Empire State Building in New York, April 23, 1959. Three months after top...

Cuban leader Fidel Castro with elephants during a tour of the Bronx Zoo, in New York, April 22, 1959. Three months after toppling Fulgencio Batista, C...

Cuban leader Fidel Castro waves a Cuban flag towards supporters during a visit to New York, April 21, 1959. Three months after toppling Fulgencio Bat...

Boris Pasternak, author of the 1958 Nobel Prize winning novel, "Doctor Zhivago," which has been banned in the Soviet Union, is shown near his home in...

Boris Pasternak, author of the 1958 Nobel Prize winning novel, "Doctor Zhivago," which has been banned in the Soviet Union, is shown near his home in...

Film actress Anna Magnani walks with playwright Tennessee Williams along fashionable Via Venetto, Aug. 24, 1958. Magnani played the main role in "The...

Eddie Sachs, during qualifications for the Memorial Day race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 24, 1958. Sachs had the fastest time in today's quali...

Eddie Sachs, during qualifications for the Memorial Day race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 24, 1958. Sachs had the fastest time in today's quali...

Pat O'Connor, right, Eddie Sachs in the car and Troy Huttman on the outside at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 8, 1958. (AP Photo/Larry Stoddard)

The co-administrators of the Theater Guild recall some of the highlights of the Guild's 40 years in their New York office, March 12, 1958. From left:...

Russian writer Boris Pasternak, 68, who wrote the novel "Doctor Zhivago" may be awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize for literature. (AP Photo)

A December 1957 spread in the New York Times magazine gave a glimpse of life at the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command in Omaha, Nebraska, wher...

A survivor of the Andrea Doria crash is greeted by relatives after arriving on the MS Stockholm, in New York in July 27, 1956. The Swedish liner retu...

Oct. 21, 1956: A photo essay in the Times magazine alerted readers to the 58th American Royal Livestock and Horse Show, the largest in the world. More...

Visitors listening to an address by President Eisenhower at the National Field Days and Plowing Matches near Newton, Iowa, Sept 23, 1956. Eisenhower's...

The MS Stockholm arrives to New York, July 27, 1956. The Stockholm, a Swedish liner, returned to New York with 533 survivors from the Italian ship And...

Boxing promoter Tex Sullivan, right, confers with his attorney, Francis W.H. Adams, in New York City, Jan. 24, 1956, at the offices of the New York St...

Matthew J. Connelly, left, former appointment secretary to President Harry S. Truman, sits with his attorney in New York, Dec. 15, 1955, after Connell...

8/9/1955 -- "Is it real? John Sattler Jr., 2, tentatively touches a robot operated behind the screen by Sherwood H. Fuchrer, 14, its inventor, at the...

AUG. 7, 1955 -- A scramble at the hangar adjoining the ready room at Andrews Air Force Base, where the men of the Continental Air Defense Command "liv...

The interior of the Eastern Seaboard Early Alert Warning System on Long Island on May 27, 1955. The photo (never used in print) was part of an assignm...

A contact sheet from George Tames's assignment for an Air Defense Command story out of The Times's Washington Bureau. These photos show the main contr...

Air Force personnel loaded the "Mighty Mouse" rockets onto jet fighters at Andrews Air Force Base in May, 1955. The Mk 4 Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket (F...

Kings County District Attorney Edward S. Silver, left, displays cards during news conference in Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1954, at which he disclosed e...

Edward S. Silver, front left, Brooklyn district attorney, explains the "magic card" racket between traffic police and traffic violators, Nov. 10, 1954...

Playwright Tennessee Williams poses on board the SS Andrea Doria as it docked in New York on completion of its trip from Italy, Sept. 30, 1954. (AP Ph...

For what must have been a magazine story on skate-dancing, published April 12, 1953, the caption of this photo noted the pride of the troupe master, l...

Montie Montana, a rodeo cowboy, rode his horse up to the reviewing stand and lassoed President Dwight D. Eisenhower during the inaugural parade on Jan...

Montie Montana, a rodeo cowboy, rode his horse up to the reviewing stand and lassoed President Dwight D. Eisenhower during the inaugural parade on Jan...

March 4, 1952 -- Idle merchant seamen looked at a line of Jeeps waiting to be loaded onto ships at Caven Point Terminal in Jersey City. Five hundred...

(FILES) This undated file photo taken in Buenos Aires is of Argentinean First Lady, Mar?a Eva Duarte de Peron "Evita" in commemoration of the 50th ann...

The Aquazanies during a performance, 8/6/1951. Clad in signature jailhouse-striped swimsuits, the diving troupe who performed at the public pool in...

Portrait of Eva Peron, taken 01 May 1951 in Buenos Aires. Born in 1919 and known as Evita, the second wife of Juan Peron, Argentine president, she was...

Portrait of Eva Peron, taken in 1951 in Buenos Aires. Born in 1919 and known as Evita, the second wife of Juan Peron, Argentine president, she was a r...