Thursday, September 30, 2010

Babe Ruth in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat.

Babe Ruth in baseball uniform holding baseball batBabe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat.

Title: [Babe Ruth, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly left, in baseball uniform, holding baseball bat] / Irwin, La Broad, & Pudlin. Date Created, Published: c1920.

On September 30, 1927, Babe Ruth hits his 60th home run of the season and with it sets a record that would stand for 34 years.

George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat"
Medium: 1 photographic print. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-7246 (color film copy transparency) LC-USZ62-105246 (b&w film copy neg.) Call Number: BIOG FILE - Ruth, George Herman, 1895-1948 [item] [P&P] [P&P] Other Number: J242488.

Notes:

* J242488 U.S. Copyright Office.
* Signed on image: "Yours truly "Babe" Ruth."
* No. 6.

This Image (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1923 are copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" PDF from the U.S. Copyright Office. Works published before 1923 (in this case 1920), are now in the public domain.

1 comment:

Fazzino Art said...

The babe was unbelievable...what a great picture.

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