[Ted Williams and Babe Ruth shaking hands in dugout of Fenway Park, July 13, 1943] – Historic Reproduction
![[Ted Williams and Babe Ruth shaking hands in dugout of Fenway Park, July 13, 1943], 1photomechanical print : halftone. — historic image](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/20/20f95355b742-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of [Ted Williams and Babe Ruth shaking hands in dugout of Fenway Park, July 13, 1943]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Ted Williams and Babe Ruth shaking hands in dugout of Fenway Park, July 13, 1943]
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A handshake in the Fenway Park dugout links two of the Red Sox's most famous eras: Babe Ruth, who had starred for Boston before his 1920 sale to the Yankees, and Ted Williams, the young left fielder who was then becoming the team's biggest draw. The catalog dates the scene to July 13, 1943, but Williams was serving in the Navy that season and did not play, so the date and the moment deserve a closer look. The halftone print is noted as c1949, after Ruth's death in 1948, so it likely reproduces an earlier news photograph for publication.
| Created / published | 1photomechanical print : halftone. |
|---|---|
| Notes | c1949. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,016 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126451 |
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