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| Title | Babe Ruth at bat in Dugdale Park, Seattle, October 19, 1924. |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1924 |
| Caption | George Herman "Babe" Ruth was well-known for being "the captain of the home run industry" and for his swaggering style. Upon Ruth's retirement in 1935, no one had hit half as many home runs as his record of 714 -- a record that stood for almost four decades.
In this photograph from his visit to Seattle in 1924, Ruth is batting during a game at Dugdale Park. |
| Notes | Caption information sources: HistoryLink.org, The Baseball Page.com.
Date photograph was published supplied by Seattle Post-Intelligencer staff: October 19, 1924. Date on sleeve indicates later article published in 1931. |
| Subjects | Baseball players--New York (State)--New York; Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle; Stadiums--Washington (State)--Seattle; Dugdale Park (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Personal Names | Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Mount Baker (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5G.2643 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
