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Louis Meyer, three-time winner of the 500-mile race at Indianapolis, inspects pars of one of the 270 cubic inch engines his company, Meyer & Drake, ar...

These coins are the discontinued denominations of regular issue of U.S. coins in the collection owned by Glenn B. Smedley and G.R. Ostrander, who comb...

In this image provided by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, newly arrived WACs form a bucket line to unload their bags after reaching their destination in F...

In this image provided by the U.S. Signal Corps, Lieut. Foster L. Boutilier, Morgantan, N.C., and ordnance officer, inspects a fleet of tank destroyer...

This undated picture shows Austrian-born Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner. Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the BND, said on July 21, 2011 that i...

Louis Meyer, three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 auto race, is shown in Indianapolis, May 16, 1938. (AP Photo)

After a breach of eighteen years, the neighbouring states of Poland and Lithuania have again opened diplomatic relations, and Colonel Skirpa, past rep...

The Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Colonel Josef Beck and his wife, are on a visit to Italy and Colonel Beck is combining social and pleasure vis...

Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wife Crown Princess Ingrid, in one of the sitting rooms of their new home at Castle Graasten, Jutland, in De...

Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wife Crown Princess Ingrid, enjoying a game of Skittle Billiards in the billiard room of their new home at C...

A detachment of Bicycle Infantry during training exercises near Vienna, Austria, on Oct. 1, 1936. The numbers have increased in the regiment following...

The leader of the aran revolys in Palestine Fawzi Bey Al Qavoukchi, on Sept. 28, 1936. (AP Photo)

Guglielmo Marconi, the wireless wizard, top, renewed an old friendship when he entertained Baron Kihichiro Okura on his yacht Electra, in Genoa, on Se...

View of the hangers and planes at Portsmouth Airport, England, on Sept. 25, 1936, before the start of the African Air Race. The Schlesinger Race, also...

Englishman Freddy Dixon in his Riley taking Quarry Corner on the Ards Circuit, in Northern Ireland, on Sept. 5, 1936, during the Irish T.T. race. (AP...

A detachment of hlight artillery ready for action in manoeuvres in Hungary, in Sept. 1936. (AP Photo)

Lou Meyer, California veteran, was greeted by his wife June after winning the annual 500-mile Indianapolis car race and $21,900 in prizes, May 31, 193...

Louis Meyer wears a $21,900 smile of victory after winning the annual 500-mile Indianapolis car race, May 31, 1935. (AP Photo/Harry L. Hall)

Louis Meyer is greeted by his father, Edward Meyer, wearing tall hat, when he pulled up to the pits as winner of the annual Indianapolis 500 race, May...

(FILES) An undated portrait of German Nazi Chancellor Adolf Hitler (1889-1945). Adolf Hitler had a "messiah complex" and became increasingly obsessed...

(FILES) Picture taken in the early 30s of outlaws Bonnie Parker (R) and Clyde Barrow. Two guns recovered from the bodies of Bonnie and Clyde are expec...

This handout picture released on January 11, 2012 by Scouts Archives shows Jacques Sevin (L) (1882-1951), founder of Catholic Scouting and co-founder...

This handout picture released on January 11, 2012 by Scouts Archives shows Jacques Sevin (L) (1882-1951), founder of Catholic Scouting and co-founder...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ROBIN MILLARD "TITANIC-HISTORY-100YEARS-DISASTER" A handout picture recieved from Southampton City Council on April 4, 2012...

FILE - This Nov. 8, 1863 file photo shows President Abraham Lincoln. More than 147 years after his death, a researcher for the Papers of Abraham Linco...

(FILES)This National Archives file photo taken between 1861-1865 shows former US President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th US Presi...

This National Archives photo taken between 1860 and 1865 shows former US General, Ulysses S. Grant as he poses for the camera. Grant was commanding ge...

This National Archives file photo taken between 1860 and 1865 shows former US General Robert E. Lee. Lee was made a General of the Confederate States...

== WITH AFP STORY BY CARLOS HAMANN: US-HISTORY-CIVILWAR-ANNIVERSARY == (FILES): This photograph from glass negative dated March 1862, obtained July 2...

== WITH AFP STORY BY CARLOS HAMANN: US-HISTORY-CIVILWAR-ANNIVERSARY == (FILES): This photograph from glass negative dated March 1862, obtained July 2...

== WITH AFP STORY BY CARLOS HAMANN: US-HISTORY-CIVILWAR-ANNIVERSARY == (FILES): This sterograph dated August 1862, obtained July 20, 2011 courtesy of...

== WITH AFP STORY BY CARLOS HAMANN: US-HISTORY-CIVILWAR-ANNIVERSARY == (FILES): This photograph dated c.1860-1865, obtained July 20, 2011 courtesy of...

== WITH AFP STORY BY CARLOS HAMANN: US-HISTORY-CIVILWAR-ANNIVERSARY == (FILES): This photograph dated circa 1862, obtained July 20, 2011 courtesy of...