Babe Ruth "Milestones in Ruth's Careers" photograph

Date1948 August 11

DescriptionA black-and-white dual photograph of Babe Ruth. This appears to have been created in response to Ruth's illness on August 11, 1948. He would die five days later on August 16, 1948. The caption (not shown) reads "Babe Ruth (top right), wearing a Brooklyn Dodger uniform, and Kiki Cuyler (left, top) get together in close harmony. In lower photo Ruth (right) shakes hands with then manager of the New York Yankees, Joe McCarthy, as he reports for Spring Training."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0686

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Cuyler, Kiki, 1898-1950

Subject McCarthy, Joe, 1887-1978

Subject New York Yankees (Baseball team)

Subject Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Subject National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions5.25 x 8 in.

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

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