Braves - Babe Ruth
Item Information
- Title:
- Braves - Babe Ruth
- Description:
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Boston Braves Babe Ruth is presented with the "key to the city" from Worcester Mayor John Mahoney as Boston Braves coach Duffy Lewis (on right) and other Braves players look on. (l to r): Umpire is possibly Bill Cleary, unknown man (partially obscured, wearing glasses), Wally Berger (gripping multiple bats), Johnnie Tyler, Mayor John Mahoney, Baxter "Buck" Jordan, Tommy Thompson, coach Hank Gowdy, Babe Ruth, unknown player (mostly obscured), coach Duffy Lewis, and unknown Holy Cross player (partially cut off).
- Photographer:
- Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967
- Date:
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April 15, 1935
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Glass negatives
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Leslie Jones Collection
- Series:
- Sports: Identified [Baseball]
- Subjects:
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Baseball players
Coaches (Athletics)
Shaking hands
Boston Braves (Baseball team)
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
- Extent:
- 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/5x21vg98z
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) Leslie Jones.
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Original data provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve: Braves - Babe Ruth, 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 photograph was taken during an exhibition game played at Holy Cross's Fitton Field in Worcester, MA. The Braves defeated Holy Cross 5 to 2 (New York Times, 15 April 1935, page 29).
- Accession #:
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08_06_010529
