The Babe's Last Look

The Babe's Last Look

Photograph

Cornell Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1918–2008

The Babe's Last Look

June 14, 1948
Gelatin silver print, printed 1961
Image: 9 1/4 × 7 3/8 in. (23.5 × 18.8 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0536
Inscriptions Inscribed in blue ink on verso, TC: 5
Stamped in black ink on verso, TC: Photograph By \ Cornell Capa \ © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS \ 15 West 47th Street, N.Y.C. 36
Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 9/61 5) THE BABE'S LAST LOOK from the diamond of his beloved Yankee \ Stadium was on April 27, 1947, when he appeared in uniform on behalf of \ the American Cancer Society. He was to die of cancer the following year. \ Today (SEPTEMBER 21) his record of 60 homers in a 154-game session will \ stand or fall as Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle face the Baltimore Orioles \ in the Yanks' 154th game of the year. By odd coincidence it was the old \ Baltimore Orioles with whom Ruth first made this big leagues - as a pitcher. \ Credit: CORNELL CAPA © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS

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