Babe Ruth photograph

Date1947 April 07

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth holding a cigar. The caption (not shown) reads "George Herman (Babe) Ruth, former New York Yankee slugger, on the eve of his departure for Florida, attends a press conference April 7 in connection with his signing a contract with the Ford Motor Company as a special consultant to aid in the company's sponsorship of the American Legion Junior Baseball competitions. Ruth is recuperating from an illness of several months. Based on similar photographs in our collection, this was taken on April 7, 1947.

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0795

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions6.5 x 8.25

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

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