Watermelon Eating Contest category-books-sale President Eisenhower selected two Tames

President Eisenhower selected two Tames photographs for official portraits

The transatlantic flight was considered an aviation triumph

much of the commentary was a restatement of his extemporaneous speech at the Republican Convention

It has proved surprisingly resilient

Watermelon Eating Contest category-books-sale President Eisenhower selected two TamesMeet Bernard Weiselberg, a champion watermelon eater. In 1935, when one of our staff photographers took this photo, the 5 year old had defeated all other contestants under age 10 in not just a watermelon eating contest but a pie eating contest, too. A year later, the 6 year old Brooklyn boy took the pie title once again in a spectacle The Times found difficult to ignore. "Champion Bernard Weiselberg Smears Rivals and Self," read one headline. "His