Jacob Ruppert, Yankee owner, shakes hands with Babe Ruth, while Braves owner Emil Fuchs looks on, after sale of Ruth to Braves

Jacob Ruppert, Yankee owner, shakes hands with Babe Ruth, while Braves owner Emil Fuchs looks on, after sale of Ruth to Braves

Item Information

Title:
Jacob Ruppert, Yankee owner, shakes hands with Babe Ruth, while Braves owner Emil Fuchs looks on, after sale of Ruth to Braves
Description:
Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, Babe Ruth, and Braves owner Emil Fuchs at the Copley Plaza Hotel the day that Ruth signed with the Boston Braves, February 28, 1935.
Photographer:
Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
Date:
February 1935
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Glass negatives
Group portraits
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Leslie Jones Collection
Series:
Sports: Identified [Baseball]
Subjects:
Baseball players
Business people
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Fuchs (Judge), 1878-1961
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Ruppert, Jacob, 1867-1939
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Extent:
1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Jacob Ruppert, Yankee owner, shakes hands with Babe Ruth, while Braves owner Emil Fuchs looks on, after sale of Ruth to Braves, February 1935.
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2016.
Accession #:
08_06_036833