Big Kiss for Batting King The Yankee ball club had a rest at New York Aug. 7, and Joe DiMaggio spent the day off giving away 500 baseballs and bats to children in Greenwich Village. Joe is shown at the right receiving a kiss from Georgian Truppi while Marie Ciminelli (left) looks on. Also at the left, wearing straw hat, is Jimmy Kelly, at whose restaurant the event took place.

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Big Kiss for Batting King The Yankee ball club had a rest at New York Aug. 7, and Joe DiMaggio spent the day off giving away 500 baseballs and bats to children in Greenwich Village. Joe is shown at the right receiving a kiss from Georgian Truppi while Marie Ciminelli (left) looks on. Also at the left, wearing straw hat, is Jimmy Kelly, at whose restaurant the event took place.

Associated Press · [ca. August 1939]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Baseball - NY Yankees

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