Babe Ruth Memorial Plaque photograph

Date1952 August 27

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph of Babe Ruth Memorial. The caption (not shown) reads "James Gravesande (left), 19, and Dominico Quandt, 18, two scholarship winners from the Netherlands West Indies, study a plaque honoring the baseball immortal Babe Ruth in centerfield at Yankee Stadium today, where they saw their first major league baseball game. The two boys--never before away from home--arrived in New York from Aruba, N.W.I., yesterday for a sightseeing tour before beginning a year's study at Allentown, Pa., Vocational High School, after winning the all-expense scholarship awarded annually in Aruba by Lago Oil & Transport Company Limited, affiliate of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey. They were chosen among 88 students. After a year's study in Allentown, they will be offered employment at Lago's Aruba refinery--world's largest oil refinery now in operation."

Object numberBL-1968-01451-0636

Publisher New York World-Telegram

Subject Gravesande, James

Attributes

Classificationsphotographic materials

Collection NumberBA PHT 001 New York World-Telegram photographic materials

Dimensions7.75 x 9.25 in.

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

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