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Babe Ruth and Billy DeBeck Fishing photograph

Date1933 March 10

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth fishing. The caption (not shown) reads "St. Petersburg, Fla......While Babe Ruth, king of klout and sultan of swat of the American national pastime, takes his time about signing his 1933 baseball contract with the New York Yankees, he finds recreation here with the opening of the kingfish season, the Babe, wearing a jaunty beret, casts a [...]lance over his shoulder at the cameraman, while his fishing companion, Billy Debeck, creator of the barney google comic strip, puffs contentedly at a cigarette."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0514

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject De Beck, Billy, 1890-1942

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions5 x 8 in.

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