Babe Ruth Batting at War Bond Exhibition Game photograph
Date1943 August 26
DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth batting at an exhibition game. The caption (not shown) reads "Babe Ruth, the Old Bambino, takes a cut at the ball at the Polo Grounds, New York, Aug. 26, during an exhibition game before the star-studded Army Camp Cumberland team and the New York War Bond League team, composed of Yankees, Dodgers, and Giants, took the diamond to play the admission-by-war-bonds game to raise a total of $800,000,000. Roger Bresnahan, former Giant player is catcher and Bill Klem is the ump."
Object numberBL-1968-01451-0407
Publisher
New York World-Telegram
Subject
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Classificationsphotographic materials
Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials
Dimensions8.5 x 6.5 in.
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Object number: BL-1968-01451-0403
New York World-Telegram
1942 August 23
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0409
New York World-Telegram
1943 August 26
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0412
New York World-Telegram
1942 or 1943
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0340
New York World-Telegram
1943 September 11
Object number: BL-1968-01451-1310
New York World-Telegram
1943 September 11
Object number: BL-1996-05433-131
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
1941 December 20
Object number: BL-2001-03144-002
San Francisco Giants (Baseball team)
2001 October 07
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0421
New York World-Telegram
undated
Object number: BL-1968-01451-0473
New York World-Telegram
1930