Babe Ruth Crossing Home Plate photograph

Date1935 April 21

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth crossing home plate. The caption (not shown) reads "Babe Ruth crossing the home plate on his circuit clout in the first inning of the game with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Boston, Mass., April 21. Ruth's four-bagger kept the Braves from a shutout at the hands of the Flatbush Nine, who won 8 to 1 in easy [fashion] before a crowd of 22,000." A Boston player and the umpire can be seen to the left and the Dodgers catcher can be seen on the right. People in the stands are visible in the background.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0683

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Boston Braves (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Duplicate/Alternate CopyBL-1372-93

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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