The body of American baseball player Babe Ruth is carried in a casket from St. Patrick's Cathedral as New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer and New...
Fans line up outside of Yankee Stadium to pay their respects to Hall of Famer Babe Ruth whose body is lying in state for fans to pay their respects...
New York, NY: Frank Haggerty, the freckled faced 10 years old who "represented" Babe Ruth at brother Gilbert's funeral, in Lowell, last October, came...
Four young boys in baseball uniforms walk down the steps as leave Yankee Stadium after viewing the body of American baseball player Babe Ruth which...
As the body of American baseball player Babe Ruth lies in state in the rotunda of Yankee Stadium, fans numbering in the tens of thousands file past...
Solemn Babe Ruth views body of Lou Gehrig at Christ Church, Riverdale, where the great slugger lay in state.
The body of Babe Ruth lies in an open casket in Yankee Stadium on August 17 as a crowd of young fans passes by.
Sight to remember...One of Babe Ruth's admirers holds his young son aloft for a final look at the Babe, whose body lies in state in the rotunda of...
The casket bearing the remains of Babe Ruth is borne from Universal Funeral Chapel at 52d St. And Lexington Ave., to hearse. The body was taken to...
High-angle view of the funeral morocade in honor of American baseball player Babe Ruth as it travels along the crowd-lined Fifth Avenue, New York,...
Daily News front page August 18 Headline: Ruth Goes Home, Babe Ruth funeral at Yankee Stadium, The House that Ruth Built opens it doors to the Babe...
Even before the mighty Babe's body was taken to Yankee Stadium to lie in state, crowds had lined up to pay Babe Ruth homage. When this picture was...
Mourners line the street in the rain to watch the funeral morocade in honor of American baseball player Babe Ruth as it travels along the crowd-lined...
Babe Ruth visits young Johnny Sylvester, a fan suffering from a spinal infection, in a New York Hospital during the season of 1926.
Babe Ruth body carried into cathedral for services...The casket containing the body of Babe Ruth, beloved Bambino, is carried into St. Patrick's...
View from elevation of Yankee Stadium as thousands of persons, young and old, from all walks of life, formed long lines to pass before the bier of...
Outside the vastness of the Yankee Stadium, where he once reigned supreme, the fans line up three and four deep to take a last look at the Bebe. He...
Outside the vastness of the Yankee Stadium, where he once reigned supreme, the fans line up three and four deep to take a last look at the Bebe. He...
The saga of Babe Ruth, America's greatest sports figure, comes to an end in Gate of Heaven in Westchester. Before a handful of mourners, including...
Daily News front page August 18 Headline: Ruth Goes Home, Babe Ruth funeral at Yankee Stadium, The House that Ruth Built opens it doors to the Babe...
Mrs. Claire Ruth, Babe Ruth's widow is escorted by daughter and son-in-law, Mr. And Mrs. Richard Flanders at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Funeral...
Even before the mighty Babe's body was taken to Yankee Stadium to lie in state, crowds had lined up to pay Babe Ruth homage. When this picture was...
As the body of American baseball player Babe Ruth lies in state in the rotunda of Yankee Stadium, his wife Claire Ruth and daughter Julia Ruth...
As the body of American baseball player Babe Ruth lies in state in the rotunda of Yankee Stadium, fans numbering in the tens of thousands file past...
The family of Babe Ruth sits next to his casket as the last rites are given on August 19, 1948 at Gate of Heaven Cemetary in Hawthorne, New York....
Young ballplayers pause to bow their heads in memory of their idol Babe Ruth on August 18, 1948 in Newark, New Jersey. Babe Ruth passed away on...
Babe Ruth lies in his coffin in St. Patricks Cathedral in New York City, as thousands attend his funeral service.
Babe Ruth's Funeral Procession. "They waited in the rain outside the Cathedral...Some 70,000 of Ruth's numberless friends. There to say a last...
New York, New York: General scene of funeral cortege coming up 5th Ave. To St. Patrick's cathedral. Crowds lined up on both sides. Flower cars...
New York: Babe Ruth's widow, Claire , leaves Universal Funeral Chapel, 52nd St. And Lexington Ave., to which Ruth's body was removed after lying in...
Babe's last journey. Crowds of mourning fans jam the sidewalks to watch the funeral procession for Babe Ruth as it moves toward St. Patrick's...
The Babe comes home...Pall bearers carry the body of Babe Ruth into the Yankee Stadium, "The House That Ruth Built," August 17th. It will lie in...
Waiting for the Babe to come home...Crowds line the sidewalk around Yankee Stadium, August 17th, awaiting the arrival of the coffin bearing Babe...
Mister Baseball dies...Symbol of America's love for sports in general, and baseball in particular, Babe Ruth died this year after a long,...
Babe Ruth sorrowfully pays his last tribute to Lou Gehrig in front of Gehrig's flower-banked casket in Christ Episcopal Church, Riverdale, as the...
Baseball mitts and caps in hand, a group of boys form Commerce High School view the body of Lou Gehrig at the E. Willis Scott Funeral Parlor on 76th...
Pay last respects to Homerun King...Crowds of mourners, many more thousands than could jam into Saint Patrick's Cathedral for solemn requiem funeral...
New York: Mourners file past a casket containing the remains of Babe Ruth, in Yankee Stadium, Aug. 18th 1948.