Babe Ruth Visits The Gonzaga Gridiron
Spokane, Washington - November 1926
The handwritten date on the photo is actually wrong. From the GU Archives: “Babe Ruth and GU football coach Clipper Smith stand in the Gonzaga University stadium. On November 16, 1926, home run king George Herman “Babe” Ruth came to campus to meet the Gonzaga football team. Ruth was in Spokane for a week at the Pantages Theater. After punting the ball a few times, he met with members of the team, gave a short talk and said that he was unofficially picking them to win the homecoming game on Thanksgiving Day against Washington State College. WSC beat Gonzaga 7-0 with a crowd of over 10,000 at Gonzaga. Note: Photograph has erroneous date of 1928 written on front.”

Babe Ruth Suits Up With The Drake Football Team
October 1926 - Des Moines, Iowa
(L-R) Clarence Simpson, Babe Ruth, Capt. Gail Fry & Chuck Everett

Candy Time For Walter Johnson & Babe Ruth!
‘Ruth’s Home Run Candy’ Promo Pic - Yankee Stadium 1926

1926 New York Yankees Team
American League Champions for 1926
From the October 28th, 1926 edition of The Sporting News. One of my favorite Yankees team pics, they look mostly happy and loose (even if they’d go on to lose the World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.) Great jackets though!

1926 St. Louis Cardinals Team
1926 World Series Champions

Another Lucky Boy Meets The Babe
c.1926 - Yankee Stadium

Babe Ruth On The Road With A 1926 Nash
Babe sure loved cars…and he looks happy to pose with what looks to be a 1926 Nash Sedan (dated from the Canadian license plate).

1926 New York Yankees Team - Caps On, Caps Off
Here’s an edit I made combining two pics I had of the ‘26 Yankees during the same photo shoot. One with their caps on, one with their caps off.

Babe Gives Bats For The Boys - Ft. Douglas 1926
Babe Ruth, from the back of a just landed airplane, handing out bats out to the men in uniform.

Babe Ruth Suits Up With Drake University Football
Des Moines, Iowa - October 17, 1926

Babe Signs For The Ladies - 1926
I wonder if those old scrap books are tucked away in an attic somewhere waiting to be found…