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FILE - In this Dec. 2, 1947 file photo, Charles D. Brown, fills a vial with the BCG tuberculosis vaccine, at a state-operated laboratory in Albany, N.Y. Scientists are dusting off some decades-old vaccines against TB and polio to see if they could provide stopgap protection against COVID-19 until a more precise shot arrives. (AP Photo)
FILE - In this Dec. 16, 1947 file photo, Producer- director Cecil B. DeMille, left, gives actress Rhonda Fleming some advice as Tay Garnett, right, listens in Hollywood, Calif. Actress Rhonda Fleming, the fiery redhead who appeared with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan and other film stars of the 1940s and 1950s, has died, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. She was 97. (AP Photo/File)
Hideki Tojo, Japanese prime minister at the time of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, is seen in the Dec. 1947, photo. The declassified U.S. military documents show the ashes of seven executed war criminals, including wartime Prime Minister Tojo, were scattered at sea off Yokohama from a U.S. army plane. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)
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CP1STO718569 | 1947-12 
20336 D ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK CAUTION: USE CREDIT AT DISABLED VETERANS PARTY TRIO OF DISABLED VETERANS GATHER AROUND LADY IRIS MOUNTBATTEN AT A PARTY FOR THE SERVICEMEN AT THE HOTEL DELMONICO, NEW YORK, JAN. 9. MEN, LEFT TO RIGHT, ARE: SGT. WILLIAM WHITE OF COLLINGSWOOD, N.J.: GEORGE HEADRICK, MARYVILLE, TENN.; AND CURTIS CRAIG OF HIGHLAND, N.Y. MEN ARE FROM HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK AREA. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO JD 1/9/47 830PEST STF-JMH 31 NYC CANADA PX KNOXV NYMATS FLS
In this September 1947, file photo hundreds of Muslim refugees crowd on top a train leaving New Delhi for Pakistan. After Britain ended its colonial rule over the Indian subcontinent, two independent nations were created in its place _ the secular, Hindu-majority nation of India, and the Islamic republic of Pakistan. The division, widely referred to as Partition, sparked massive rioting that killed up to 1 million, while another 15 million fled their homes in one of the world’s largest ever human migrations. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - Charley Trippi, left, Georgia football star, signs his $100,000 with Chicago Cardinals at Chicago, Jan. 17, 1947. Contract covers 4 years. Coach Jimmy Conzelman is in center and at right is Owner Charles Bidwell. On Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, Trippi celebrated perhaps the crowning achievement of a remarkable life. He turned 100 years old. (AP Photo)
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CP1STO579739 | 1947-01 
DY4-FEB. 24)-GETS EIGHT YEARS-Franz von Papen (above), ace of Hitler's diplomatic corps, was sentenced by a German denazification court today to serve eight years at hard labor.(see wire story) (APWIREPHOTO) ajb20745fls) 47
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 1947 file photo, Jackie Robinson, of the Montreal Royals, looks at a roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers in Havana, Cuba, where he's training with the Royals, a Brooklyn Dodger farm club. From the Negro Leagues to the current crop of Cuban stars, the communist island and the U.S. are linked by century-old baseball ties. (AP Photo, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 20, 1947 file photo, Pat Seerey, one of the heavy hitters on the Cleveland Indians roster tees off on one at the club's training facility Hi Corbett Field in Tucson, Ariz. The Cleveland Indians trained at Hi Corbett from 1946 to 1992. The Colorado Rockies have been there since 1993. It come to and end this week as the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks abandon Tucson and move to Scottsdale, Ariz., next year. (AP Photo/File)
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CP1STO579736 | 1947-02 
FILE - In this 1947 photo, George H.W. Bush is shown as captain of the Yale baseball team, in New Haven, Conn. Bush played in the first-ever College World Series in 1947. (Bush died Nov. 30, 2018, at the age of 94. Bush was largely known for his work in public office, from his time as a Texas congressman and CIA director to his years in the White House as president and Ronald Reagan's vice president. But the World War II hero and great-grandfather also was an avid skydiver, played in the first-ever College World Series and was the longest-married president in U.S. history.AP Photo/File)
(NY1) NEW YORK, MARCH 7- MENUHINS TO PLAY TOGETHER In playful mood, Hepzibah Menuhin brushes her finger over beard of her brother, Yehudi Menuhin, in her apartment here yesterday. For the first time in nearly a decade the violinist and his pianist sister will be heard in a joint concert when they appear at the Metropolitian Opera House on March 16. After their New York appearance the Menuhins will give concerts in Europe. (AP Wirephoto)ajb60700stf-hh) 47
(WX6) WASHINGTON, MARCH 19--SENATORS REVIEW NEW LABOR BILL--REPUBLICAN SENATORS HOMER FERGUSON (LEFT) OF MICHIGAN AND H. ALEXANDER SMITH OF NEW JERSEY REVIEW THE BILL THEY INTRODUCED TODAY PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL SYSTEM OF 11 LABOR RELATIONS COURTS IN WHICH EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS COULD SUE EACH OTHER FOR VIOLATING TERMS OF A CONTRACT. (AP WIREPHOTO) (SEE WIRE STORY) (EE41759STF-HKW) 1947
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CP1STO579734 | 1947-03 
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON WILDEBEEST WILD GAME SEEN BY THE KING AND THE PRINCESSES THE KING AND THE TWO PRINCESSES WERE INTERESTED IN THESE WILDEBEESTE WHICH THEY SAW DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE WILD GAME RESERVE IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK. SEE COMPANION PICTURE WOR 308081. WOR/STAFF 308082 6447RJP DOW NY T ON CN PS E BE AUX BX PX CX EG AX RX MA NO ST SZ. Associated Press Photo From London 4/5/1947
(DT1) DEARBORN, APRIL 9-- FORD HOME WHERE INDUSTRIALIST DIED: THIS AIRVIEW MADE YESTERDAY SHOWS THE HENRY FORD MANSION "FAIRLANE", WHERE THE NOTED INDUSTRIALIST DIED. ON THE NIGHT OF MR. FORD'S DEATH THE RIVER (FOREGROUND) WAS FLOODED AND THE ISOLATED MANSION LEFT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT. (AP WIREPHOTO) (FN40815FP)
(KX1)-GRANDVIEW, MO., APRIL 12-HOMECOMING JOKE-Margaret Truman, daughter of president, throws back heads and laughs at quip by her father as he arrives at airport here by plane from Washington for visit with his mother, Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 94, recuperating from broken hip. (AP WIREPHOTO) (See Story) (fce-1325-star) 1947
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CP1STO579733 | 1947-04 
PEARSON LESTER Insists on Punctuality?Lester B. Pearson of Canada, who wields gavel as chairman of the United Nations General Assembly's political and security committee, said yesterday that from now on meetings would start on time. "Eleven a.m. not really very early in the morning," he pointed out. 5/8/1947
CHINA Demonstrations (FX1-May 27) CAVALRY HALTS RIOTING CHINESE STUDENTS A Chinese calvary unit halts rioting Chinese students in Nanking, China, May 20, after they had broken through police lines and attempted to march on a Political Council meeting. Students were halted on Ling Lau road and unable to go further. returned to the campus. (AP Wirephoto) (nrw/K30300dc) 1947
FILE - In a May 9, 1947 file photo, Jackie Robinson, left, Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman, looks over the bat Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman uses during practice, as he prepared to play his first Philadelphia game for the Dodgers. The Philadelphia City Council unanimously passed a resolution Thursday, March 31, 2016, naming April 15, 2016 as a day to honor Robinson's achievements and to apologize for the racism he faced while visiting Philadelphia in 1947. Robinson was refused service by a local hotel and then taunted by Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman, who, along with players, mercilessly hurled racial slurs at Robinson each time he came to bat. (AP Photo, File)
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CP1STO579732 | 1947-05 
GREECE (NY5-June 28) DETENTION CAMP --This is the main gate of the Pavlos Melas detention camp at Salonika, Greece, visited by the Balkan Investigating commission of the United Nations. Photo, taken by a U.N. photographer, is one of several on exhibit at U.N. headquarters at Lake Success, N.Y. (AP Wirephoto) (OH70700ho) 47
FILE - In this June 14, 1947, file photo, Lew Worsham, left, takes a good look at the putter that Sam Snead, right, used to sink a 20-foot putt on the last hole at the National Open Golf Tournament at the St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Mo. The putt gave Snead a birdie -3 to tie Worsham for first place with 282. Worsham won the title on June 15 when Snead missed a putt of 2 feet, 6 1/2 inches on the 18th hole. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - Lew Worsham, left, takes a good look at the putter that Sam Snead, right, used to sink a 20-foot putt on the last hole to force a playoff in the U.S. Open golf tournament June 14, 1947, at St. Louis Country Club in Ladue, Mo. This is the 75-year anniversary of Worsham winning the U.S. Open. (AP Photo/File)
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CP1STO579730 | 1947-06 
The old Riff Warrior Amir Abd El Krim (left) and Haj Amin El Husseini the Mufti, are seen at party in cairo attended by king Farouk of Egypt. Both Arab leaders are living in Egypt. 7/31/1947
FILE - In this July 31, 1947 file photo, Lieut. Philip Mountbatten, as he was then called, center, inspects his men at the Petty Officers' Training Center at Corsham, England. There certainly won’t be fuss. Count on that. When Britain’s Prince Philip reaches the grand age of 99 on Wednesday, he will spend it quietly and in much the same way he’s spent most of his adult life: beside Queen Elizabeth II. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - this is a July 10, 1947 file photo, Britain's Princess Elizabeth heir to the British throne, and her fiance, Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten pose for a photograph on announcement of their engagement, in London. (AP Photo, File)
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CP1STO579729 | 1947-07 
AGA KHAN 111 At opposite ends of India's social scale are the Aga Khan, lineal descendant of the prophet Mohammed who was presented with his weight?243V2 pounds?in dimonds as climax to his diamond jubilee celebration in 1946 and girl (inset), who is one of the "untouchables," or Hari jans, who do all of India's "unclean" work. 8/14/1947
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 1947, file photo, refugees travel on the road near the India-Pakistan border. In 1947 Britain left the Indian subcontinent divided as predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. Massive migrations of Hindus and Muslims to their country of choice trigged violence, leaving more than million people dead. The February 2019 standoff between India and Pakistan is their latest in a long dispute over the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir, dating back to their independence in 1947. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this Aug. 26, 1947, file photo, a cart loaded with children and household goods belonging to a Muslim family fleeing from Hindu India moves along a road near Lahore, India. In 1947 Britain left the Indian subcontinent divided as predominantly Hindu India and mainly Muslim Pakistan. Massive migrations of Hindus and Muslims to their country of choice trigged violence, leaving more than million people dead. (AP Photo/Max Desfor, File)
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CP1STO579728 | 1947-08 
ATOMIC RESEARCH United States ATOMIC ENERGY SECURITY US Los Alamos, New Mexico 9/25/1947
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 1947, file photo, Brooklyn Dodgers baseball player Jackie Robinson, right, receives the keys to a car from tap dancer Bill Bojangles Robinson as Jackie Robinson's wife, Rachel, looks on at Ebbets Field in New York. The car was presented to Robinson in celebration of the team winning the National League championship. A rare jersey from Jackie Robinson's historic rookie season with the Brooklyn Dodgers 70 years ago could be available for someone with a few spare millions. The jersey, part of a Heroes of Sports offering by Heritage Auctions, has been certified by Mears, one of the top memorabilia authentication companies. It is accompanied by a letter from Robinson's widow, Rachel, saying it is the one brought home by the Hall of Famer at the end of the 1947 season, when he became the first black player in the majors and earned Rookie of the Year honors. (AP Photo/Harry Harris, File)
FILE- In this Sept. 4, 1947 file photo, an eastbound tanker, in foreground, prepares to pass a westbound one, background, after being released from a lock in the Erie Canal, in New York. Ground was broken for the Erie Canal 200 years ago, and when the 363-mile canal fully opened in 1825, it was the greatest engineering feat of the era and one that would change history. (AP Photo, File)
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CP1STO579727 | 1947-09 
(WX3) WASHINGTON, OCT. 28.--TRUMBO, WIFE HEAR ANNOUNCEMENT--DALTON TRUMBO, SCREENWRITER, AND HIS WIFE LISTEN FROM THE AUDIENCE TODAY AS CHAIRMAN J. PARNELL THOMAS (R-NJ) OF THE HOUSE UN-AMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES THE GROUP VOTED TO CITE TRUMBO FOR CONTEMPT. ON THE WITNESS STAND TRUMBO DECLINED TO SAY WHETHER HE IS OR HAS BEEN A COMMUNIST. (AP WIREPHOTO) (RMD31245STF-WJS) 1947 (SEE WIRE STORY)
6544 A WINDLESHAM MOOR ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK SURREY ESTATE TO BECOME PRINCESS' HOME GENERAL VIW OF WINDLESHAM MOOR, 25 MILES FROM LONDON IN SUNNINGDALE ROAD, WINDLESHAM, SURREY, WHICH IS TO BECOME THE HOME OF PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND LT. PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN AFTER THEIR MARRIAGE NOV. 20. THE ESTATE IS ON THE BERKSHIRE BORDER AND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SMALL ESTATES IN SURREY. OWNED BY MRS. WARWICK BRYANT, FORMERLY MRS. PHILIP HILL, WIDOW THE MILLIONAIRE FINANCIER, THE ESTATE IS ONLY A FEW MILES FROM SUNNINGHILL PARK WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT HAD BEEN MADE THAT THE COUPLE WOULD RESIDE THERE. 10/27/1947 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO GFR 855 AES 10.27.47 LON 15 CANADA-FLS-
FILE - This is an Oct. 16, 1947, file photo showing golfer Max Faulkner, of England. The British Open returns to Royal Portrush on July 18-21, 2019, for the first time since 1951, the only other time golf's oldest championship as been held outside Scotland or England. Max Faulkner won his only major on a rainy final day in Northern Ireland. (AP Photo/File)
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CP1STO579725 | 1947-10 
FAREWELL PARTY TO LT. MOUNTBATTEN: SKITTLE RIVAL RECEIVES INVITATION TO ROYAL WEDDING LIEUTENANT PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN, R.N., IS SEEN AT THE FARENELL PARTY GIVEN IN HIS HONOUR BY THE "MOONRAKERS" SKITTLES TEAM, AT THE METHUEN ARMS, CORSHAM, WILTSHIRE, AT WHICH HE WAS PRESENTED WITH A PAIR OF "DAKS" AND A WALKING STICK, NOVEMBER 10, 1947 LEFT TO RIGHT, AROUND TABLES, ARE; LIEUTENANT PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN, WEARING, CIVILIAN CLOTHES; MR. JACK DAYMOND; LT. CDR. P. WORTH; LT. CDR. J. T. BIRCH; LT. CDR. P. HOARE; MR. E. HORLOCK; AND MR. JOE DAYMOND, LT. MOUNTBATTEN'S RIVAL AT SKITTLES, WHO HAS RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE ROYAL WEDDING. MR. JOE DAYMOND OWNED A BAKERY IN CORSHAM FOR FORTY-THREE YEARS AND ORGANISED THE "MOONRAKERS" SKITTLE TEAM ABOUT A YEAR AGO. LT. MOUNTBATTEN'S TEAM WAS GALLED THE "FIREBRAND." FL/AB 318478 121147RJP N.Y. CANADA MALAYA ONLY ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 1947 file photo, Britain's Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are seen leaving Westminster Abbey, London following their wedding service. Will she or won’t she _ wear a tiara? Meghan Markle will have access to one of the world’s most remarkable jewelry collections for her wedding to Prince Harry. Queen Elizabeth II, Harry’s grandmother, has hundreds of jeweled tiaras sparkling away in locked vaults covered with diamonds _ to say nothing of rubies, sapphires and emeralds. An option may be Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara, which Elizabeth wore when she married Prince Philip in 1947 as the nation struggled to recover from the destruction of World War II. (AP Photo, file)
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 1947 file photo, novelist Dashiell Hammett, author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man," appears in New York. A Hammett story about a tormented killer is being published for the first time in more than 90 years. "The Glass That Laughed” first ran in the November 1925 issue of True Police Stories, a magazine which lasted just two years. It will run online Wednesday in Electric Literature (https://electricliterature.com). (AP Photo, File)
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CP1STO579724 | 1947-11 
LSU head coach Will Wade pleads his case with an official after a foul was called on one of his players in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Alabama, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Bill Feig)
In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, Philippe Hujoel, a dentist and University of Washington professor, holds a toothbrush and toothpaste in an office at the school in Seattle. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Elaine Thompson
This Feb. 22, 2018, file photo shows an Airbnb logo during an event in San Francisco. A new report suggests that there's a rare window of opportunity to snag a condo in downtown Toronto right now of those that were rented on Airbnb before the COVID-19 outbreak. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Eric Risberg, File
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PREMIUM -- WHS#30623: Interior of Kober's Dairy Bar drive-in restaurant, 2237 Sherman Avenue, with octagonal shaped counter. Madison, Wisconsin, 1947. Wisconsin Historical Society/Courtesy Everett Collection.
Boy at Wedding of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip sitting between the legs of another person looking out in eagerness at the scene before him November 1947. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA631919)
A student attending the Outward Bound Sea School at Aberdovey seen here steering at the helm of the school''s schooner October 1947. Mirrorpix/Courtesy Everett Collection (MPWA2266406)
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CP2STO47708 | 1947 
Ottawa, Ontario, November 1947 - President Harry S. Truman with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King - visit to Canada. (CP PHOTO) 1998 ( National Archives of Canada\Bill and Jean Newton ) PA-164723
Parisian singer Edith Piaf poses aboard the Queen Elizabeth as she arrives in New York City on Oct. 16, 1947. One of the world's most beloved songstresses will have one of her pieces censored at a Quebec primary school because of its reference to God.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP
Montreal, Quebec; June 1947--Immigration--Netherlands Ambassador Dr. J.H. van Roijin accompanied by Mrs. van Roijin greets Dutch immigrants as the ship docks in Montreal.(CP PHOTO) 1999 (George Hunter National Archives of Canada)PA-123476
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CP1STO577985 | 1947 
The Oxford team for the Oxford v Cambridge Inter-Varsity Cross-Country Race held on Wimbledon Common, London. From left to right: G D C Tudor (Captain); A F Trotman-Dickenson, T P E Curry, N M Green, J F Pollard and G Ridding. Oxford were the winning team.
Nelson's Column with it's surrounding lions made useful advantage points for some of the thousands who were already jamming Trafalgar square at 9 am
Labour position Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, at his desk in the foreign office
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CP2STO47709 | 1947 
PREMIUM -- PA NEWS PHOTO 20/3/47 : THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AT A FAREWELL FOR THE VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS OF MOUNTBATTEN AT NORTHOLT WHO WILL TRAVEL BY AIR EN ROUTE TO INDIA
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, Commander of Germany's 'last fling' offensive in the Ardennes, left, on arrival at Paddington Station.
Lt.Col. M. Morling (left) assisting the Duchess of Gloucester as she inspects the flooded Fens.
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CP2STO50109 | 1947-03 
Ottawa, Ontario, November 1947 - President Harry S. Truman with Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King - visit to Canada. (CP PHOTO) 1998 ( National Archives of Canada\Bill and Jean Newton ) PA-164723
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CP1STO579723 | 1947-11 
Ottawa Ontario January 3,1947 Immigration - First official Canadian Citizenship ceremony at the Supreme Court building. Front Row L to R: Naif Hanna Azar from Palestine, Jerzy Wladyslaw Meier from Poland, Louis Edmon Brodbeck from Switzerland, Joachim Heinrich Hellmen from Germany, Jacko Hrushkowsky from Russia, and Anton Justinik from Yugoslavia. Back Row L to R: Zigurd Larsen from Norway, Sgt. Maurice Labrosse from Canada, Joseph Litvinchuk, Roumania, Mrs. Labrosse from Scotland, Nestor Rakowitza from Roumania and Yousuf Karsh from Armenia with Mrs. Helen Sawicka from Poland. (CP PHOTO) 1999 (Chris Lund National Archives of Canada)PA-129262
HiRes--Pierre Trudeau with a friend in Paris France 1947. (CP PHOTO/file)
Ottawa Ontario 1947--Sports --Barbara Ann Scott doing a "Stag Jump," Minto Skating Club (CP PHOTO) 1999 (National Archives of Canada) PA-112691
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CP1STO579738 | 1947-01 
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON WILDEBEEST WILD GAME SEEN BY THE KING AND THE PRINCESSES THE KING AND THE TWO PRINCESSES WERE INTERESTED IN THESE WILDEBEESTE WHICH THEY SAW DURING THEIR VISIT TO THE WILD GAME RESERVE IN KRUGER NATIONAL PARK. SEE COMPANION PICTURE WOR 308081. WOR/STAFF 308082 6447RJP DOW NY T ON CN PS E BE AUX BX PX CX EG AX RX MA NO ST SZ. Associated Press Photo From London 4/5/1947
(DT1) DEARBORN, APRIL 9-- FORD HOME WHERE INDUSTRIALIST DIED: THIS AIRVIEW MADE YESTERDAY SHOWS THE HENRY FORD MANSION "FAIRLANE", WHERE THE NOTED INDUSTRIALIST DIED. ON THE NIGHT OF MR. FORD'S DEATH THE RIVER (FOREGROUND) WAS FLOODED AND THE ISOLATED MANSION LEFT WITHOUT ELECTRICITY AND HEAT. (AP WIREPHOTO) (FN40815FP)
(KX1)-GRANDVIEW, MO., APRIL 12-HOMECOMING JOKE-Margaret Truman, daughter of president, throws back heads and laughs at quip by her father as he arrives at airport here by plane from Washington for visit with his mother, Mrs. Martha E. Truman, 94, recuperating from broken hip. (AP WIREPHOTO) (See Story) (fce-1325-star) 1947
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CP1STO579733 | 1947-04 
FAREWELL PARTY TO LT. MOUNTBATTEN: SKITTLE RIVAL RECEIVES INVITATION TO ROYAL WEDDING LIEUTENANT PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN, R.N., IS SEEN AT THE FARENELL PARTY GIVEN IN HIS HONOUR BY THE "MOONRAKERS" SKITTLES TEAM, AT THE METHUEN ARMS, CORSHAM, WILTSHIRE, AT WHICH HE WAS PRESENTED WITH A PAIR OF "DAKS" AND A WALKING STICK, NOVEMBER 10, 1947 LEFT TO RIGHT, AROUND TABLES, ARE; LIEUTENANT PHILIP MOUNTBATTEN, WEARING, CIVILIAN CLOTHES; MR. JACK DAYMOND; LT. CDR. P. WORTH; LT. CDR. J. T. BIRCH; LT. CDR. P. HOARE; MR. E. HORLOCK; AND MR. JOE DAYMOND, LT. MOUNTBATTEN'S RIVAL AT SKITTLES, WHO HAS RECEIVED AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE ROYAL WEDDING. MR. JOE DAYMOND OWNED A BAKERY IN CORSHAM FOR FORTY-THREE YEARS AND ORGANISED THE "MOONRAKERS" SKITTLE TEAM ABOUT A YEAR AGO. LT. MOUNTBATTEN'S TEAM WAS GALLED THE "FIREBRAND." FL/AB 318478 121147RJP N.Y. CANADA MALAYA ONLY ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM LONDON
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 1947 file photo, Britain's Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh are seen leaving Westminster Abbey, London following their wedding service. Will she or won’t she _ wear a tiara? Meghan Markle will have access to one of the world’s most remarkable jewelry collections for her wedding to Prince Harry. Queen Elizabeth II, Harry’s grandmother, has hundreds of jeweled tiaras sparkling away in locked vaults covered with diamonds _ to say nothing of rubies, sapphires and emeralds. An option may be Queen Mary’s Fringe Tiara, which Elizabeth wore when she married Prince Philip in 1947 as the nation struggled to recover from the destruction of World War II. (AP Photo, file)
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 1947 file photo, novelist Dashiell Hammett, author of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man," appears in New York. A Hammett story about a tormented killer is being published for the first time in more than 90 years. "The Glass That Laughed” first ran in the November 1925 issue of True Police Stories, a magazine which lasted just two years. It will run online Wednesday in Electric Literature (https://electricliterature.com). (AP Photo, File)
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CP1STO579724 | 1947-11 
Labour position Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, at his desk in the foreign office
Minister of Food John Strachey arrives at 10 Downing Street to discuss Britain's Economic Crisis with other members of the Cabinet
Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, RN at Clydebank for the launching of the liner 'RMS Caronia', stopped by at the town hall to receive the town's wedding present - an electric sewing machine.
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CP2STO50096 | 1947-10 
Close finish of the Jubilee Handicap, won by Royal Tara
British racing driver Reg Parnell, driving a Maserati 4CL, raises his hand in celebration as he takes the chequered flag.
(L-R) Leslie Brooke (ERA B) leads Raymond Mays (ERA D-Type R4D) through the streets of St Helier
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CP2STO50105 | 1947-05 
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