ZUM4869591: Aug 10, 1947 - Washington, District of Columbia, U.S. - President HARRY S. TRUMAN (C) signs a proclamation marking August 1st, 1947, the 40th birthday of the AAF, as Air Force Day, at a White House ceremony on the 10th, witnessed by former Lieutenant General JAMES H. DOOLITTLE (L), president of the Air Force Association; W. STUART SYMINGTON (R), Assistant Secretary of War for Air; Major General LAURIE NORSTAD (2nd R) and Director of Plans and Operations Division of the War Department General Staff; and Lieutenant General HOYT S. VANDENBERG (2nd L), Deputy Commander of the AAF. Observances from coast to coast and throughout the world will honor the millions of men and women, living and dead, whose contributions to the growth of American air power make the AAF this country's most far-reaching weapon of defense. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4891719: Nov. 11, 1953 - Daddy Made This Portrait- Customs Official And Painter: Twelve-Year Old Daniele, Daughter Of M. Barre Armand Proudly Shows Her Portrait Painted By” Daddy”. Mr. Barre Is A Customs Official At Orly Airport And Has Been Painting At His Leisure Time. He Is To Exhibit In A Paris Art Gallery Shortly. / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4892029: Nov. 11, 1953 - Egypt Offers Condolences to the New King of Saudi Arabia: Lieut. Col. Gamal Abdul Nasser Egypt's Deputy Prime Minister headed a mission to Saudi Arabia recently to offer condolences to King Saud IBN Abudl Aziz the new King of Saudi Arbia on the death of his father King Ibn Saud. The paid a visit to Mecca / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4870381: Aug. 08, 1953 - Professor Piccard makes first descent in his new” Bathysphere”: Professor Piccard the famous Swiss Belgian physicist was accompanied by his son Jacques when he newly designed bathysphere” Trieste”, at Castellamara di Stabia, near Naples. He hopes to reach a depth of 13,000 feet during experiments near the Islands of Ponza to study and photograph the sea bed. During these tests three dives of 40 feet, lasting a few minutes only were made / Bridgeman Images