AP Historical Hard Drive 2008

Benjamin Gitlow, former executive secretary of the Communist party is shown as he testified before the Martin Dies committee investigating un-American...

University of Missouri's Paul Christman is shown, Sept. 24, 1939. (AP Photo)

Gerhard Colm, a refugee from Nazi Germany who was a reparations expert and prominent financial adviser who came to the U.S. in 1933, is shown, Sept. 1...

Gerhard Colm, a refugee from Nazi Germany who was a reparations expert and prominent financial adviser who came to the U.S. in 1933, is shown, Sept. 1...

Eino Sarkkinen, left, a sophomore halfback, demonstrates to his brother, Esco, veteran end, his prowess in gripping a football, Sept. 13, 1939. Both...

President Franklin Roosevelt (left) seemed relieved as sits with Harry Hopkins, WPA Administrator, as they left the Rochester, Minn., hospital on Sep...

Explosions from bombs were heard in Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 1, 1939. No damage or casualties were reported. The air-raiders were believed to be attacki...

Cottonwood trees are shown in Neligh, Nebraska, July 4, 1939. The trees were planted in 1938 and now patches of weeds and grass are coming up and gra...

Here is the Upper Pool in the Busy Port of London, hub of the busy lines of British Sea Commerce which stretch around the world on July 4, 1939. Vesse...

The American Ambassador to England Joseph P. Kennedy and his wife Rose are shown with some of the guests that attended their Independence Day Garden p...

After visiting America to make arrangements for the tour of the King and Queen, and to visit her parents in Boston, Mrs. Rose Kennedy, the wife of the...

Ted Williams, ace Red Sox Rookie who thus far is having sensational year. To date he has batted in 47 runs, and is led only by Hank Greenberg of Detro...

This was the scene on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 8, 1939 as the market closed an active session after the Good Friday holiday. We...

King Ghazi of Iraq is shown, date unknown. (AP Photo)

German troops pass over the Luiswnbrucke Bridge to occupy Memel, Lithuania, March 23, 1939, after the town had been ceded to Germany. (AP Photo)

Actress Tallulah Bankhead is shown in

Tallulah Bankhead is shown as a baby, circa 1904 (AP Photo)

Paul Whiteman (left) toasts newlyweds Jane Vance, who once sang with his orchestra, and Clark Dennis, radio singer who will join his band. The band...

The Shah of Iran, Reza Khan Pahlavi, is shown, Dec. 1938. (AP Photo)

Henry Armstrong, left, defended his Welterweight Crown against Ceferino Gardia, center, as Ref Arthur Donovan, right, watches, Nov. 25, 1938. The pict...

Banker J. P. Morgan Jr., shown, Nov. 17, 1938, New York. (AP Photo)

Members of the cast of the Ballet Russes de Monte Carlo stepped out after their show, Oct. 20, 1938 to try more popular dancing steps at a Manhattan,...

Confident that they would even up their losses in Chicago, Gabby Hartnett, Cubs manager and catcher, left, and Dizzy Dean, Cubs pitcher, shook each ot...

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had a smile for the crowd as he addressed crowds at Heston Airport upon his return from seeing Adolf Hitler...

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had an ominous frown in this picture as he addressed crowds at Heston Airport upon his return from seeing A...

Charles Wall, 30-year-old former bellboy and clerk is shown at the Barnum Hotel in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Aug. 29, 1938, after he testified in New...

Lou Ambers, center, shown defending his lightweight championship in the sixth round after Henry Homicide Henry Armstrong, right, who already was two o...

Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish agency for Palestine, Jan. 12, 1938. (AP Photo)

J.W. Burk wins the Diamond Sculls race at Henley, July 2, 1938 in Oxfordshire, England. (AP Photo/John Rider-Rider)

For fifty years this grove of trees, seen in 1938, has protected an adjoining field from wind and dust but soon it will be gone. The old cottonwood tr...

Shelterbelt trees, seen in background, June 12, 1938, which were planted in western Kansas as part of proposed vast U.S. project , are flourishing thi...

Henry Armstrong, right, bores in as Barney Ross retreat from a corner, a bit worried and his gloves raised defensively against Armstrongs punishing th...

Joseph P. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to England, and Mrs.Rose Kennedy are shown as they arrived at the home of Lord and Lady Astor in St. James...

Actress Merle Oberon, left, John Jacob Astor, center and tennis star Frank Shields, right, are shown at the Havana-Madrid nightclub in New York, April...

Teddy Kennedy, center, and his sister Jean attend the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, London, as their father, the new American ambassador...

A portrait of Frederick J. Libby, executive secretary of the National Council for Prevention of War, March 28, 1938. (AP Photo)

Mahatma Gandhi takes part in the formal opening of a cattle farm in connection with the meeting of the fifty-first Indian National Congress at Haripur...

At a testimonial dinner, Feb. 24, 1938 at Unoin City, N.J., honoring James J. Braddock. (AP Photo)

Esco Sarkkinen, junior end for Ohio State, is shown in 1938. (AP Photo)

Mr. Harold Nicholson, English author who spoke on

Finding their land legs after a three month cruise, middies of the U. S. Naval Academy went a shore recently to Old Point Comfort Beach, Va., in Hampt...

Water rushed down a ditch at a dedication ceremony, in the Dust Bowl, as part of a proposed extensive well-irrigation project, Aug. 15, 1937, Liberal,...

Protesters fill the street waving banners and daggers in Baghdad, demonstrating against the Royal Commission's plan for partitioning Palestine, July 1...

This is a general view of the scene in Trafalgar Square after Sir Oswald Mosley's Fascist marchers arrived for their meeting, July 13, 1937 in Kentish...

James J. Braddock's crown totters, but he continues to fight back as Joe Louis bounces one of his famous rights off the heavyweight king's chin in the...

Heavyweight champion James J. Braddock smiles from behind his face of stubbled whiskers, June 22, 1937 as he contemplates what he thinks and hopes he'...

Dr. Ales (correct) Hrdlicka noted anthropologist, and comdr. F. A. Zeusler of the coast guard, shown on the cutter northland shortly before she sailed...

Managers of burlesque houses and 11 performers, some of whom cover their faces, are shown in a police station after a raid of three Brooklyn strip clu...

Jim Braddock, center, Joe Gould, his manager, right, and Mike Jacobs are shown with a group of Braddock's handlers in the rear, April 1, 1937 in New Y...

Joe Louis, ex-champion Jim Braddock and Mrs. Braddock leave their hotel room, June 24, 1937 in Chicago. (AP Photo)