Babe Ruth Batting photograph

Dateprobably 1932

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth batting. He appears to be post swing and looking to see where the ball went. There is a catcher behind him and a crowd visible in the background. There is a caption above Ruth's head that reads ."....Zam!!!" Based on similar photographs this was probably taken in 1932.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0669

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9.75 x 7.25 in.

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

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