Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig dressed in cowboy gear with Ruth astride the front hood of an automobile outfitted with longhorn steer horns at Dexter Park in Brooklyn. Several players from the Brooklyn Bushwicks semipro team (far left) look on.
Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig as cowboys, n.d.
Corrected date based on research by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
Summary provided by the Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011.
This was most likely the second stop on Gehrig and Ruth's 1927 postseason barnstorming tour. Promoters paid the two men to dress in cowboy gear to promote a rodeo at Madison Square Garden (Society for American Baseball Research, 2010-2011).