Al Capone
Al Capone, center, in the custody of U.S. marshals, leaves a courtroom in Chicago in 1931, after being sentenced to 11 years in prison by Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson for violating income tax laws. Capone, known as "Scarface," is being taken to the Cook County Jail, where he will be held before his departure for Leavenworth Penitentiary. Capone was fined $50,000 and ordered to pay the costs of prosecution, estimated at about $100,000.
George Washington Bridge
A crowd gathers during the opening-day ceremonies for the George Washington Bridge in New York City in 1931. The longest suspension bridge, costing $60 million, links New York with New Jersey.
Social Security
Files contain 225,000 names at the Social Security office in Los Angeles in 1938. The organization is driving for 300,000 paid-up members by Election Day.
Richard and Pat Nixon
President Richard Nixon and first lady Pat Nixon wave to the crowd from the rooftop opening of their motorcade through New Rochelle, N.Y., in 1972. They are on a campaign tour through Westchester County.
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela, center, president of the African National Congress, talks with Jacob Zuma, a ranking Zulu in the ANC, before making a speech in 1993 to about 80,000 ANC supporters at a rugby field in Durban, South Africa. At left is Jeff Hadebe, the ANC's chief of Southern Natal.
Concorde
A British Airways Concorde arrives on a rare visit to Boston in early October 2003, during her final days of flying. The Concorde was retired Oct. 24, after nearly three decades of supersonic commercial flight.
John Allen Muhammad
Sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad listens to testimony during his trial at Virginia Beach Circuit Court in Virginia Beach, Va., in 2003.
John F. Kennedy
His hair sprayed with confetti, Massachusetts Sen. John F. Kennedy responds to a cheering throng that surges against his open car along the parade route on Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee in 1960. The Democratic presidential candidate was en route to a rally to end a campaign swing through Wisconsin.
David Gilbert
David J. Gilbert, right, is escorted by police into Village Hall in Nyack, N.Y., in 1981, for a hearing on murder charges stemming from the Brink's robbery in Nanuet, N.Y., and shootout with Nyack police. The court ruled that Gilbert and three other suspects should face a grand jury hearing on the charges.
Michael Dukakis
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis takes a short walk through San Francisco's Chinatown while campaigning in 1988. California Sen. Alan Cranston is on the left behind Dukakis.