Sympathy letter to Babe Ruth photograph

Date1948 August 11

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of a letter sent to Babe Ruth while he was in the hospital. The caption (not shown) reads "No eloquent phrases-just a simple message to Babe Ruth one of the hundreds received today at Memorial Hospital, where the Bambino is critically ill. It was written by a 9-year-old boy named Mike and reads: 'My pal Babe. God Bless you.'"

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0688

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Attributes

black-and-white photographs

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9 x 7.5 in.

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

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