Babe Ruth and Jacob Ruppert at Contract Signing photograph
Date1934 January 15
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth signing his 1934 contract with Jacob Ruppert on his right. Both men are wearing suits and appear to be speaking to one another. Ruth has the contract in front of him with a pen in his right hand. Based on similar photographs in our collection, this was taken on January 15, 1934.
Object numberBL-1968-00196-046
Publisher
New York Journal-American
Subject
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Subject
Ruppert, Jacob, 1867-1939
Subject
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 032 New York Journal-American photographic materials
Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.
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