Babe and Claire Ruth Boarding Train photograph

Date1948 April 28

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and his wife Claire. The caption (not shown) reads "Babe Ruth waves from the doorway of the train as he and Mrs. Ruth leave New York, April 28, for Hollywood. In California, where he plans to stay at least a month, the former baseball star will serve as technical adviser in the filming of a movie based on his life."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0611

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Ruth, Claire

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6.75 x 8.25 in.

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

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