This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2012
Babe Ruth is pictured here later in his life lighting up a cigar with Benson Ford, director of the Ford Motor Company, after signing on as a consultant. Measures 7.5" x 9". "Babe Ruth Benson Ford" handwritten on reverse with Associated Press Wirephoto & Apr 8 1947 stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (M0660)
The original Boston Herald was founded in 1846 by a group of Boston printers jointly under the name of John A. French & Company. The paper was published as a single two-sided sheet, selling for one cent. This is an original photo, in many cases a Type 1 printed at the time of the event. File copies or type 2 photos are also found, and can be distinguished by the markings on the reverse.