Babe Ruth Portrait Dual photograph

Date1948 August 11

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth. The caption (not shown) reads "From a smiling hearty man (left), watching a baseball game in the Yankee Stadium in 1943, Babe Ruth (right) is emaciated and aged by his long illness as he seeks health in the sun at Miami Beach, Fla., last February. The home run king's condition was reported as critical, Aug. 11, by the memorial hospital in New York where his illness was complicated by a high temperature and a pulmonary condition."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0763

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions8.25 x 6.5 in.

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