“Babe Ruth Day” From The 3/4 Century Club
St. Petersburg, Florida - March 25, 1933
Eighty years ago today! From the original wire caption: “Babe Ruth is more accustomed to affixing his signature to baseballs than receiving an autographed sphere. But here he’s being presented a ball by Charles W. Eldridge, 102, a member of the Three Quarter Century Club, at St. Petersburg, Fla. The ball is inscribed with the names of members of the club all of whom are over 75 years of age.”
Babe Ruth Hits The Links - 1930’s
I did some digging as to Gerry Moore might be. Seems like a good bet could be a well-known British jazz pianist that worked the London night clubs from 1922-39. So this picture might have been taken on a golf course in England.
Danny’s Dream Comes True - May 1947
“Why I’d Like To Visit Babe Ruth”
The dream of every American youth came true today for Danny Williams, 13-year-old baseball fan from the Baptist Orphanage in Jackson, Miss. Danny who won a trip to New York for writing the best essay on, “Why I’d Like To Visit Babe Ruth”, is shown watching his idol autograph a baseball when he visited the Great Bambino at Ruth’s New York apartment.
