This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/1/2012
Babe Ruth's wife Claire holds one of his old bats in front of a wall of pictures of her dead husband in this vintage image. Measures 6.5" x 8". Cutline affixed on reverse with International News Photos & Aug 18 1956 stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0615)
The original Boston Herald was founded in 1846 by a group of Boston printers jointly under the name of John A. French & Company. The paper was published as a single two-sided sheet, selling for one cent. This is an original photo, in many cases a Type 1 printed at the time of the event. File copies or type 2 photos are also found, and can be distinguished by the markings on the reverse.