Secretary of War receives autographed balls and bats from Babe Ruth for citizens military training camps. Babe Ruth started on his annual job today at the Washington Ball Park--shot of autographing hundreds of balls and bats to be awarded as prizes at the Citizens Military Camps all over the country
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1929-05-28
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 10,008 × 7,752 pixels
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"Secretary of War receives autographed balls and bats from Babe Ruth for citizens military training camps. Babe Ruth started on his annual job today at the Washington Ball Park--shot of autographing hundreds of balls and bats to be awarded as prizes at the Citizens Military Camps all over the country" (1929-05-28). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Secretary_of_War_receives_autographed_balls_and_bats_from_Babe_Ruth_for_citizens_military_training_camps._Babe_Ruth_started_on_his_annual_job_today_at_the_Washington_Ball_Park-shot_of_LCCN2016889306.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 295511.
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