Desi Arnaz, Cuban screen actor and husband of film star Lucille Ball, as he goes through a physical checkup prior to induction into the U.S. Army at...
Memphis, Tennessee: Singer Elvis Presley is sworn into the army here March 24th by Maj. Elbert P. Turner . The 23-year old Rock 'N' Roll singing star...
Representative Gore Ready for Induction. Washington, DC: Representative Albert Gore , who will leave for active duty in the US Army next January 19,...
Chicago, Illinois: Former White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio waves to a cheering crowd during ceremonies at Comskey Park, August 14th, to retire...
Representative Gore Ready for Induction. Washington, DC: Representative Albert Gore , who will leave for active duty in the US Army next January 19,...
In ceremonies at City Hall today, Mayor Fiorella H. LaGuardia administered the induction pledge to 3, 476 young women, into the U. S. Cadet Nurse...
Cent postal stamps of electrical engineers, including: Charles Steinmetz for electrical theories; Edwin Armstrong for Frequency Modulation ; Nikola...
Memphis, TN: Rock 'n' roll crooner Elvis Presley reads an unexpected "greeting" -- a notice to report to military induction on January 20th. The idol...
Nation's top Negro athletes gathered for a meeting at the Negro Industrial and Economic Union to hear Cassius Clay's view for rejecting Army...
Former heavyweight champion Cassius Clay arrived at U.S. Court House early 5/8 to surrender himself after being indicted for refusing to accept...
The national Football Hall of Fame presentation on October 17th at the Notre Dame Pittsburgh game is shown in this photo. From left to right is...
Serbian-American inventor and discoverer of magnetic field rotations leading to the use of alternating-currents in electrical machinery and the...
His Grace, the Most Reverend Dr. Byrne, Archbishop of Dublin, blessing the people from the steps of the Pro Cathedral after his induction to the See.
Washington, D.C.: Robert Lewis Jr. Of Conn. , draws a capsule from a drum during the national draft lottery to determine the order of induction of...
Newark, NJ: INDUCTION DAY. Boston Red Sox pitcher Richard Stanley Brodowski of 22 West 4 St., Bayonne, was inducted in the Army today. Dick is...
Pre-induction physicals. Photo shows group of young men taking their pre-induction physicals for the Army and the Marines.
New York, NY: Long line of registrants for the draft as they lined 10th Avenue and around the the corner down 59th Street as early as 7:30 this...
Potsdam , NY: Methodist Church induction ceremony. Photo shows two men and two women kneeling before a minister. Photograph, 1949.
Professor W.I. Slichter of the Electrical Engineer Department investigating the charateristics of an Induction Motor, at Columbia University, New...
New York, NY- Major General William Ottman , swearing in Jack Dempsey as a First Lieutenant in the New York State Guards, at an impressive ceremony...
Washington, DC: With the impending inauguration of President-elect Herbert Hoover, at Washington, D.C., on March 4th, inaugural pageants of other...
General Jacob S. Coxey being sworn in to his newly elected post as Mayor of Massillon, O. By Judge George A. Howells.
The biggest number of promotions in local police history was made June 29. Commissioner McLaughlin created one captain, 19 lieutenants and 218...
Washington: House Speaker Thomas O'Neill, D-Mass. Administers the oath of offfice to House of Representatives 1/5 to open the 97th Congress. Ph: Ron...
Managua, Nicaragua-The 5-member Nicaraguan junta raise their right hands as they swear in members of their new cabinet for administrating the country...
La Paz, Bolivia-A military junta which staged a successful revolution in Bolivia last week put top-ranking army men in key positions in the...
La Paz, Bolivia-Victor Paz Estenssoro, who was a political exile in Argentina for 6 years, takes the oath of office as President of Bolivia, in a...
Union Beach, NJ: Maj. Walter C. Money, recruiting officer swears in Mrs. Myrtle Jacqualine Hutton of 519 Cambridge Avenue.
New York, NY: Mae Wong, a volenteer worker at Steward Park High School, he is a vet who spent 3 1/2 years in the Air Force. Asked by his the formal...
House Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill waves to his colleagues after he was sworn in on the House floor 1/4 as the 95th Congress got underway. At right...
Cooperstown, NY: Johnny Bench, former catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, is all smiles 7/23 with his Hall of Fame plaque at the induction ceremonies in...
San Francisco, CA: Former New York Yankee baseballer Joe DiMaggio traded a $50,000-a-year job for a $54-a-month job as a buck private in Uncle Sam's...
Cooperstown, NY: Hank Aaron, who has hit more home runs than any other player, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 8/1. Baseball Commissioner...
New York, NY: Inductees and pre-inductees shown as they arrived at grand Central Palace, some for induction and some for Pre-induction physical...
New York: Willie Mays, 21-year-old centerfielder for the New York Giants, at First Army Recruiting Headquarters, New York City, on the day of his...
Vietnam war protesters stage an impromptu sing-along on the steps of the induction center in downtown Albany 10/1. About 50 people gathered in front...
Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as the 40th Vice President of the United States in ceremonies in the House chamber 12/6. Left to right: President Nixon;...
Tennis ace Don Budge gets finger printed by Private F.F. Morgan at the Army induction center. The famous netter will soon be smashing them at the...
Orson Welles, the one man movie studio, adjusts his tie after the Army gave him a going-over and judged him "4-F" at the Los Angeles induction...
Washington, D.C.- President Reagan is sworn in at the Capitol. Left to right, are: Reagan's son, Ron; Reagan; Nancy Reagan; Senator Mark Hatfield;...
Swears In New Cabinet. Washington, DC: Chief Justice Earl Warren swears in new Kennedy Cabinet in White House ceremony, January 21st. Left to right...
His Honor, The Mayor. New York: With a transit hanging over his head, John Vliet Lindsay takes the oath of office as the 103rd Mayor of the City of...
Canton Professional Football Hall of Fame dedication. Front row, left to right: Earl "Dutch" Clark, Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau, Mel Hein, John...
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner , is presented a bust of himself by Ed Healey, a football official, after Turner's induction in the National Professional...
Mysteriously absent are the crowds of squealing, swooning teen-age gals as their idol, Frank Sinatra , leaves the Newark induction center. Maybe they...
Washington, D.C.- A woman who said she headed a huge Communist spy ring testified today that she gathered secret military and political information...
Canton, OH- Busts of seven new members of the Professional Football Hall of Fame are displayed in front of the hall after enshrinement ceremonies....
Kampala, Uganda- Major-General Idi Amin, the leader of last month's successful military coup, takes the oath of office under the supervision of Chief...
Atlanta, Georgia: Billionaire businessman H. Ross Perot enjoys a laugh with William R. Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard business machine fame, prior to...
President Jimmy Carter congratulates Max Cleland after he was sworn in as head of the Veterans Administration in a ceremony in the White House Oval...
How President Coolidge appeared in a room at his father's house when he took the oath of office by kerosene light is shown here. Coolidge took office...