Photo of the day From the Stripes archives

December 4, 2004

Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

Frankfurt, Germany, July 21, 1956: Actor Gary Cooper gets a surprise welcome from Hamburg model Eleanor Sturbeck as he arrives at Frankfurt Airport. Ms. Sturbeck said a mutual friend in Mexico asked her to say hello, but another clue to her possible motivation in extending such a hands-on greeting can be found here.