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)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 032 New York Journal-American photographic materials

Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.

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