Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Lloyd Waner, and Paul Waner photograph

Date1927 October

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of (l-r) Lloyd Waner, Babe Ruth, Paul Waner, and Lou Gehrig standing on a field. The caption (not shown) reads "The time is October, 1927 and big news was World Series between the Yankees and Pirates. And these four sluggers grabbed most of pre-classic headlines. From left: Lloyd Waner, Babe Ruth, Paul Waner and Lou Gehrig. Clubs figure to replay that Series comes Oct. 5 1960." Lloyd Waner and Ruth are looking at each other and Paul Waner is shaking hands with Gehrig. The Waner's, who were brothers, are wearing Pirates home uniforms while Ruth and Gehrig are wearing Yankees road uniforms.

Object numberBL-1968-00196-067

Publisher New York Journal-American

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Subject Waner, Lloyd

Subject Waner, Paul, 1903-1965

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team)

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 032 New York Journal-American photographic materials

Dimensions10 x 8 in.

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