Babe Ruth Funeral Procession Crowd photograph

Date1948 August 19

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of the crowd watching Babe Ruth's funeral procession. The handwritten caption (not shown) reads "Crowd on Fifth Ave, watching Babe Ruth funeral procession." People can also be seen watching the procession from the windows of the Saks Fifth Avenue building. Based on similar photographs, this was taken on August 19, 1948.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0736

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Palumbo, Fred

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions9.5 x 7.5 in.

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

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