Babe Ruth Presents 1938-1939 World's Fair Trophy to New York Yankees

Collection: The Archives at Queens Library

Date: 1939-1940; 1939-01-01 Material: Digital image Dimension: 8 x 10 inches; 600 ppi

Creator: United Press International Photo Identifier: aql:30365 upi-10102018-0 upi-10102018-0.tif

Description: Babe Ruth, serving as a member of the Worlds' Fair's Sports Advisory Committee, helped present the Fair's Souvenir Trophy to the New York Yankees. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Ruth's agent Christy Walsh, and Grove Whalen, President of the New York World Fair Corporation, are also present.

Title : Babe Ruth Presents 1938-1939 World's Fair Trophy to New York Yankees

Collection : aql:13844; aql:16495

Creator : United Press International Photo

Date : 1939-1940; 1939-01-01

Summary/Description : Babe Ruth, serving as a member of the Worlds' Fair's Sports Advisory Committee, helped present the Fair's Souvenir Trophy to the New York Yankees. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, Ruth's agent Christy Walsh, and Grove Whalen, President of the New York World Fair Corporation, are also present.

Subject : Baseball players; New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.); Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948; La Guardia, Fiorello H. (Fiorello Henry), 1882-1947; New York Yankees (Baseball Team)

Relation : The Archives at Queens Library

Rights : Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Polo Grounds, now Frederick douglas Boulevard and West 155th Street, New York, NY Polo Grounds (New York, N.Y.) Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph; Digital image

Format : Digital image; 8 x 10 inches; 600 ppi

Identifier : aql:30365 upi-10102018-0 upi-10102018-0.tif