Babe Ruth Catching Baseball Dropped from Plane photograph

Date1926

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth catching a baseball dropped from an airplane at Mitchel Field. The Army advertised this event to help promote their Citizens' Military Training Camp. Major General Harold McClelland was the pilot of the plane.

Object numberBL-1996-05433-133

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Daily news (New York, N.Y. : 1920)

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Baseball Hall of Famers photographic materials

Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.

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