The Babe cartoon

Date1960 January 17

DescriptionA pictorial history of Ruth's career with the NY Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. It details both his batting and pitching exploits. His home run record of 60 in a season is mentioned. Metal plaque (not shown) with accompanying cartoon, inscribed "Bob Coyne original," which appeared in the Boston Sunday Advertiser on January 17, 1960.

Object numberB-1960-0008

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Coyne, Bob, 1898-1976

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject Boston Red Sox (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsmanuscripts (documents)

Collection NumberBA MSS 135 Bob Coyne Cartoon collection

Dimensions23.75 x 29.75 in.

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

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