Babe Ruth

Babe Ruth, holding a cigar, signs a baseball for a fan at the 1937 All-Star Game in Washington, D.C., on 7 July 1937. (Ruth's second wife, Claire, is at left.) Ruth retired in 1935.

Photo from the Harris & Ewing Collection at the U.S. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Image number hec 22986.

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