Babe and Claire Ruth photograph

Date1940 April 19

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and his wife Claire. The caption (not shown) reads "New York City - Babe Ruth, one of baseball's immortals, saluting as taps were blown in the Yankee Stadium in memory of his old boss, Colonel Jacob Ruppert. Beside him stands Mrs. Ruth. Ceremonies took place as the New York Yankees opened their season here April 19th against the Washington Senators. Yanks won, 5-3."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0522

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Ruth, Claire

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions7.25 x 5.25 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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