Oct 20, 2024
An invited audience got a preview of the new Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, October 20, 1959. It was to be opened to the hoi polloi the following day.
Photo: Harry Harris for the AP
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An invited audience got a preview of the new Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, October 20, 1959. It was to be opened to the hoi polloi the following day.
Photo: Harry Harris for the AP
Four American Indians, dressed in traditional clothing, appear before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, October 20, 1941. They argued that the Selective Service Act violated their liberty and a treaty between the Indians of the Six Nations. Judge Thomas W. Swan reserved decision. From left to right are: Clinton Rickard, Tuscarora chief; Jess Lyons, Onondaga chief; Harry Patterson, Tuscarora brave and Ivan Burnham, Mohawk brave. The other nations are the Oneida, the Cayuga, and the Seneca.
Photo: MC for the Associated Press
The Dionne Quintuplets, aged 16, pose with their father, Elzire, atop the RCA Building on a visit to Rockefeller Center, October 20, 1950. They are, left to right, Annette, Marie, Cecile, Yvonne, and Emilie. The Empire State Building can be seen in the background.
Photo: Harry Harris for the AP
Opening night at the Tavern on the Green, October 20, 1934. Parks Commissioner Robert Moses and Mayor LaGuardia are among those in front. The building housing the restaurant began in 1870 as a sheepfold for the 700 Southdown sheep that grazed in Central Park's Sheep Meadow. Moses was responsible for turning it into a restaurant, part of his park renovation. He evicted the sheep and sent them to Brooklyn.
Photo: The New York Times
