Babe and Claire Ruth at Premiere of "The Pride of the Yankees", 1942 July 15

Babe and Claire Ruth at Premiere of "The Pride of the Yankees" photograph

Date1942 July 15

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and his wife Claire. The caption (not shown) reads "More than 100, 000 people saw a simultaneous world premiere, July 15, of Samuel Goldwyn's 'The Pride of the Yankees', at 41 RKO Theatres in the Greater New York area. Largest crowd gathered at the Astor theatre in Times Square, where, except for the absence of klieg lights because of dim-out regulations, the event had all the glamour of premieres of the past. Here, is the famous Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth and his wife as they attended the opening."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0613

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

Dimensions8.5 x 6.5 in.

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

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