Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig photograph

Date1939 July 04

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Gehrig is wearing a Yankees home uniform and Ruth is wearing a suit. This photograph was taken on Lou Gehrig Day at Yankee Stadium, on July 4th, 1939. Ruth has his hand on Gehrig's face and Gehrig has his arm on Ruth's shoulder.

Object numberBL-1968-00196-045

Publisher New York Journal-American

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 032 New York Journal-American photographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-40.83

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-5076.87

Dimensions6.5 x 9.75

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

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