These Photos Show How Illness Has Thinned Babe Ruth, baseball's greatest slugger. The Babe had just gone through a tough siege in the hospital and the camera reveals how much he has aged and how much he had lost weight. The babe previously has been round-faced.

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Title:
These Photos Show How Illness Has Thinned Babe Ruth, baseball's greatest slugger. The Babe had just gone through a tough siege in the hospital and the camera reveals how much he has aged and how much he had lost weight. The babe previously has been round-faced.
Description:
[Information from item housing] Ruth, Babe - Baseball
Photographer:
Associated Press
Name on Item:
AP
Date:
[ca. February 1947]
Format:
Photographs
Genre:
Photographic prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:
Baseball
Baseball players
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Extent:
1 photograph : print ; sheet 208 x 258 mm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/4f16g6068
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
All rights reserved.
Language:
English
Notes:
Title(s) from item.
Preferred Citation:
Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Identifier:
22_10_000503_0009
Barcode:
39999088103575