Babe Ruth and Pierre McCormack Hunting photograph

Date1933 November 23

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth and Pierre McCormack hunting. The caption (not shown) reads "The Babe ran his batting eye down the sights of a shotgun on the private goelet preserve, at Chester, N.Y. the other day and bagged 14 pheasants. He refused to talk baseball, but pointed out that his shooting eye "wasn't so bad for a guy who only hunts once in awhile. He was guest of Pierre McCormack, son of Richard McCormack, shown with him. They took home a few rabbits, too. "

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0485

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

Subject McCormack, Pierre

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions5.5 x 7.5 in.

Copyrighthttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

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