Babe Ruth with Daughter Dorothy and Wife Helen October 14, 1926 Mid-Week Pictorial Cover
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A color slide of the cover of the October 14, 1926 edition of the New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial showing Babe Ruth (right) kissing his daughter Dorothy (middle) while his wife Helen (left) looks on. Ruth is standing in his New York Yankee home uniform on the baseball field, with Dorothy on the field partition and Helen in the grandstand. The caption cover reads, "The Two Babes Meet: "Babe" Ruth, Mightiest Home-Run HItter of All Time, With Mrs. Ruth Standing by, is inspired by a kiss from his little daughter Dorothy, for the greatest triumph of his career in baseball. On Oct. 6, at St. Louis, he broke six World's Series records: Most homers for one game (3); greatest total number of series homers (7); most total bases in one game (9); most runs in one game (4); most extra bases, total World's Series (27). (Times Wide World Photos.) Pictures of World's Series Games on Pages 8 and 9." Information written on the physical slide, “NY Times”.