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2 Vintage Wire Photos Showing Babe Ruth, His 2 Wives and Daughter Dorothy.
Lot 260. 2 Vintage Wire Photos Showing Babe Ruth, His 2 Wives and Daughter Dorothy. In an undated wire photo issued on Jan. 28, 1929, Ruth is seated next to his first wife, Helen. Herbert Photos distributed the 5.25” x 7.5” photo after Mrs. Ruth died in a fire on Jan. 11 in Watertown, MA. She and Ruth had been separated for several years. The photo, which has a caption on the back, has nine pin holes at the top or bottom and otherwise is vg. The image of Ruth, in a Yankees uniform, is strong. In the second photo, taken on June 19, 1938, RUTH IS PICTURED ON HIS FIRST DAY AS THE FIRST BASE COACH FOR THE BROOKLYN DODGERS. He received a “rousing ovation” as he made his first appearance in a Dodgers uniform. Next to him in the 6.5” x 8.5” photo from International News are his second wife, Claire Merrit Hodgson, and his adopted daughter from his first marriage, Dorothy. Ruth also adopted Hodgson’s daughter, Julia. The photo, an original, has some minor blemishes along the border and displays as ex+.
Winning Bid $121.
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