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Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Anna Allen

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Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Anna Allen [Anderson] with a group of young patients (all white). Babe Ruth is standing on the right and is shaking hands with Allen [Anderson]. He is wearing a suit and tie. Gehrig is standing on the left in a suit and tie behind a group of children. They are presenting an electric refrigerator to Children's Mercy Hospital. Several boys are wearing overalls and standing on the left. A young girl and boy are sitting in wheelchairs on the right.
Date Published
1927-10-12
Publisher
Anderson Photo Company
Subjects
Baseball players
Nurses
Hospital patients
Hospital administrators
Philanthropists
Professional athletes
Children--Hospital care
Wheelchairs
Bandages and bandaging
Refrigerators
Children, White
Men, White
Women, White
Time Periods
1921-1930
Notes

October 12, 1927

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 25 x 12 cm
Member of
Children's Mercy Hospital Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_childrens-mercy_photo-00251.tif
Genres
Black & white photographs
Gelatin silver prints
Snapshots
Group portraits
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.
Rights
Copyright Undetermined
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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