RUTH, GEORGE HERMAN ("Babe"). Photograph signed ("Babe Ruth"), also signed by PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING ("Warren G. Harding") and Colonel Jacob Ruppert ("Jacob Ruppert") owner of the New York Yankees, n.d. [1923]. 298 x 353mm. (11 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.), including decorative mount, the signatures of Harding and Ruppert (in a lighter ink?) are quite faded, although Ruth's remains clear and readable. OPENING DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM. A news photo showing the flag-draped Presidential box in the newly opened Yankee stadium as Harding, in a dark suit, reaches over and shakes the hand of the Babe, who is wearing his familiar striped uniform without his cap. Col. Ruppert looks on from the side. A typewritten caption beneath (part of the negative) reads: "After welcoming First Fan of the land to Yanks' new home, 'Babe' Ruth, baseball's first citizen, displayed his wares by batting 1,000 - two singles, a whale of a homer and a walk. A Presidential salute awaited 'Babe' on completion of his home run." Signed by Ruth, the President and Ruppert along the bottom edge of the mat.
RUTH, GEORGE HERMAN ("Babe"). Photograph signed ("Babe Ruth"), also signed by PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING ("Warren G. Harding") and Colonel Jacob Ruppert ("Jacob Ruppert") owner of the New York Yankees, n.d. [1923]. 298 x 353mm. (11 11/16 x 13 7/8 in.), including decorative mount, the signatures of Harding and Ruppert (in a lighter ink?) are quite faded, although Ruth's remains clear and readable. OPENING DAY AT YANKEE STADIUM. A news photo showing the flag-draped Presidential box in the newly opened Yankee stadium as Harding, in a dark suit, reaches over and shakes the hand of the Babe, who is wearing his familiar striped uniform without his cap. Col. Ruppert looks on from the side. A typewritten caption beneath (part of the negative) reads: "After welcoming First Fan of the land to Yanks' new home, 'Babe' Ruth, baseball's first citizen, displayed his wares by batting 1,000 - two singles, a whale of a homer and a walk. A Presidential salute awaited 'Babe' on completion of his home run." Signed by Ruth, the President and Ruppert along the bottom edge of the mat.
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