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Lot # 707: BABE RUTH (1895-1948) : 1914 Baltimore Orioles

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Item was in Auction "May 2008 Catalog",
which ran from 5/30/2008 12:00 AM to
5/30/2008 9:00 PM



BABE RUTH (1895-1948)
1914 Baltimore Orioles, printed circa 1932

Legendary team photograph with Babe Ruth posing with his first professional team, Jack Dunn’s 1914 Baltimore Orioles. Silver gelatin image is incorrectly labeled in the bottom white cartouche (in the photo), "Baltimore 1912." One of only a handful of Orioles photos with Babe Ruth known to exist. Obtained from a team member of the 1932 Baltimore Orioles team and there are black paper scrapbook remnants stuck to the verso.
9x3.75”; EX+

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