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)
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 012 Hall of Famers photographic materials
Dimensions9 x 7.25 in.
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Object number: BL-1999-03769-019
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
1927 or 1928
Object number: B-1962-0245-01
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
1927 or 1928
Object number: BL-1999-03769-020
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
1927 or 1928
Object number: BL-1956-00155-030
Walsh, Christy
between 1924 and 1927
Object number: BL-1968-00196-067
New York Journal-American
1927 October
Object number: B-1963-1931-002
Ott, Mel, 1909-1958
approximately 1931
Object number: BL-1995-13370-045
Gehringer, Charlie, 1903-1993
1934
Object number: BL-1968-00196-045
New York Journal-American
1939 July 04
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0789
New York World-Telegram
undated
Object number: B-1955-0334-010
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
1928 October 12
Object number: BL-1999-03769-119
Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941
1927 October