Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Fresno Club Team Barnstorming Tour photograph

Date1927 October 29

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig with four members of the Fresno Athletics Club baseball team. They are identified, left to right, as Johnny Nakagawa, Lou Gehrig, Kenichi Zenimura, Babe Ruth, Fred Yoshikawa and Harvey Iwata. Ruth is wearing a Bustin' Babes uniform, Gehrig is in a Larrupin' Lou uniform and the other four are wearing uniforms with "Fresno" across the chest. A full stadium is visible in the background. According to the back of the photograph (not shown), this was taken on October 29, 1927 in Fresno, California.

Object numberBL-1999-00095-01

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Subject Bustin' Babes (Baseball team)

Subject Larrupin' Lou's (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Hall of Famers photographic materials

Dimensions9 x 7.25 in.

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