These Photos Show How Illness Has Thinned Babe Ruth, baseball's greatest slugger. The Babe had just gone through a tough siege in the hospital and the camera reveals how much he has aged and how much he had lost weight. The babe previously has been round-faced.

Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

These Photos Show How Illness Has Thinned Babe Ruth, baseball's greatest slugger. The Babe had just gone through a tough siege in the hospital and the camera reveals how much he has aged and how much he had lost weight. The babe previously has been round-faced.

Associated Press · [ca. February 1947]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Ruth, Babe - Baseball

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