Babe Ruth with Albert Karan May 21, 1925 Mid-Week Pictorial Magazine Cover
Description
A color slide of the cover of the May 21, 1925 edition of the New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial showing Babe Ruth (right) in St. Vincent’s Hospital with 10-year-old patient Albert Karan (left). The full-length photograph shows Ruth dressed in a bathrobe and leaning on a cane. He has his right hand on Karan's right shoulder and is looking at the camera. He was hospitalized for one month for several surgeries. Karan broke his arm playing baseball. The caption underneath the photograph reads, "Major and Minor Diamond Casualties: "Babe" Ruth Takes His First Walk on St. Vincent's Hospital Roof With Little Albert Kara, 10, Who Broke His Arm Playing Ball. (Times Wide World Photos.)" Information written in the physical slide, “Mid Week Picto”.
Player(s)
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948
Team(s)
New York - AL
League(s)
American League of Professional Baseball Clubs
Picture Date
May 21, 1925
Subject
Hall of famers; Hospitals; Magazine covers--1920-1930
Source
Times Wide World Photos
Stadium
Unknown
Location
New York, (N.Y.)
Folder Name / Binder
Slides A-Z: Ruth
Photographer
Unknown
Media Type
Slides (photographs)