#28 oct.

President Roosevelt speaking at the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Statue of Liberty on October 28, 1936. He declared that, "To the message of Liberty that America sends to all the world must be added her message of peace."

Society women at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera season, October 28, 1929. Photo shows Mrs. Frank C. Henderson and Mrs. James L. Hand.

Customers waiting in line to buy coffee, October 28, 1942. They were sold one pound each. Similar lines formed at other stores where coffee was being sold on a rationed basis.

Employees of the New York Stock Exchange learn a different kind of work as they begin a six-week course in the basics of military drill, October 28, 1942.

Florence Mills of the Hippodrome, who claims to have originated the Charleston, teaches it to Charlie the seal, October 28, 1925.

Why hole yourselves up in a stuffy office when a terrace comes with it? Sid Caesar conducts a writing conference for his new TV show, Caesar's Hour, on the terrace of his penthouse office, October 28, 1954. Left to right around the table: Aaron Ruben, Joe Stein, Tony Webster (standing), Caesar, and Mel Tolkin. In the background, Howard Morris and Carl Reiner, Sid's fellow comics, lounge against the rail.