Babe Ruth at White House, 12/7/21 – Historic Print
![Babe Ruth at White House, 12/7/21, [19]21 December 7. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/40/40c945f23b20-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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This rare historic photograph captures Babe Ruth at White House, 12/7/21 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Babe Ruth at White House, 12/7/21
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Few athletes of the early 1920s drew as much attention as Babe Ruth, whose 59 home runs for the New York Yankees in 1921 had just set a new single-season record. This glass negative, dated December 7, 1921, records his visit to the White House during the presidency of Warren G. Harding. The National Photo Company, a Washington studio that documented the capital's public life, made the image. Viewers may notice streaks and blemishes across the surface, the result of natural deterioration in the original coatings.
| Created / published | [19]21 December 7. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. Temp. note: Batch two. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 4,415 × 5,417 px · prints to 15 × 18 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-234828 |
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