Description: BABE RUTH. Original Type I photograph of Babe Ruth and vice president of the Ford Motor Company, Benson Ford, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City on April 7, 1947. Ford announced at the present press conference that Ruth had signed a high-valued contract to serve as a Ford consultant during the company’s 1947 participation in the American Legion Baseball. ORIGINAL TYPE I PHOTOGRAPH OF BABE RUTH SIGNING ON TO BE A FORD MOTOR COMPANY CONSULTANT ONE YEAR BEFORE HIS DEATH Captured a few months after Ruth’s cancer diagnosis and one year before he died of throat cancer. Sadly, you can visually see Ruth’s declining health and use of tobacco, which played a major role in his cancer, in the present image. SADLY, YOU CAN VISUALLY SEE RUTH’S DECLINING HEALTH AND USE OF TOBACCO, WHICH PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN HIS THROAT CANCER Taken by Irving Haberman of Culver Pictures; measures 10 by 8.125 inches; contains stamps, stickers, and handwritten notations on the verso; in very good condition with the top left corner missing and minor creasing to the corners; and encapsulated inside a CGC holder, the world’s leading collectibles authentication company.
Price: 281.25 USD
Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-07T01:30:03.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Player: Babe Ruth
Sport: Baseball
Officially Licensed: Yes
Year: 1947
Size: 8x10in.
Original/Reproduction: Original
Team: New York Yankees
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Vintage: Yes
Event/Tournament: American Legion Baseball
