Babe Ruth in Toledo, 1928

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Print features a Blade original photo of Babe Ruth — includes digitized authentic Blade nameplate from the original date, detail of Blade newspaper article, and caption text contextualizing the event. (Customization available.)

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Print features a Blade original photo of Babe Ruth — includes digitized authentic Blade nameplate from the original date, detail of Blade newspaper article, and caption text contextualizing the event. (Customization available.)

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CAPTION TEXT ON PRINT:

Babe Ruth, 1926
with Frank Gilhooley, Sr. and Jr.

Standing at an exhibition game in Lima, OH after the baseball season — the year before Ruth hit his record 60 home runs — The Babe takes a moment with Frank Sr. The two had been roommates while playing with the Boston Red Sox in 1919. The younger Mr. Gilhooley, 2-years-old here, would become a legendary Toledo sportscaster. In 1928, when Ruth returned to Toledo to lift spirits at a children’s hospital, The Blade gave the baseball icon almost an entire full inside page, which was never done.  BLADE ARCHIVE PHOTOS