Babe Ruth Getting Pants Sewn photograph

Date1926 October 02

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth, wearing his New York Yankees home uniform, having his pants sewn up by Yankees trainer, Doc Woods, after splitting them while sliding into second base during the first game of the World Series, which was played on October 2, 1926 at Yankee Stadium in New York, NY. A player from the St. Louis Cardinals watches as Ruth's pants are fixed.

Object numberBL-1968-00196-068

Publisher New York Journal-American

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-2653-88|BL-4897-93

Collection NumberBA PHT 032 New York Journal-American photographic materials

Dimensions12 x 7.5 in.

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