Babe Ruth Candlepin Bowling photograph

Date1930 January 06

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth bowling. The caption (not shown) reads "New York.......Babe Ruth, king of swat and bambino de luxe, just can't keep away from the sphere. He is shown here keeping the old arm warm by hurling a few ten strikes down the alley. Strikes won't worry the Babe anymore until the spring training season rolls around once more." Based on the caption date, this was taken on January 6, 1930.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0504

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-1532-68-140

Dimensions7.5 x 9.5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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