Babe Ruth – Red Sox, 1916 – The Chapman Deadball Collection

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Babe Ruth – Red Sox, 1916

Charles Conlon die cut photo of Babe Ruth with the Boston Red Sox circa 1918. Printed in the 1930s from the original negative. The Sporting News owned many of Conlon’s negatives.

This image is from the Sporting News Archive and was used to produce a retrospective of Ruth’s career in the late 1930s or 1940s.

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Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox

Photographer/AgencyCharles M. ConlonImage Date1916Print DateOriginal print c. 1930sNotes/Stampings on ReverseBlankCard/Publication UsePublished in Baseball Photography of the Deadball EraLocationUndeterminedDimensions3.25 x 6.5 in.MediumPhotograph - gelatin silver printProvenanceThe Sporting News archiveStatusRetained in The Chapman Deadball CollectionShare