Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig Dressed as Firefighter and Policeman photograph

Dateundated

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth, dressed as a firefighter, and Lou Gehrig, dressed as a policeman, being handed tickets by a man wearing a New York City Police Department baseball uniform. The image caption is partially torn, but reads: "If it's news when a man bites a dog [...] so news when Babe Ruth and Lou [Gehrig] two [of the] greatest figures in American Baseball [decide to] take a rest from their professional [...] and attend a ball game. Here they are, [Ruth] as a fireman, and Lou as a policeman [at] Polo Grounds on Sunday, July 16th. The policeman [...] departments are hoping to sell $100,000 [...] for the game which is sponsoring [...]."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0789

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject Gehrig, Lou, 1903-1941

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions8 x 6.25 in

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

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