Burris Jenkins Jr. Cartoon Collection : cartoons.

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Burris Jenkins Jr. Cartoon Collection : cartoons.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/745451826

A collection of thirty-five cartoons, many relating to Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.

2 boxes : (4 linear feet)

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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SNAC Resource ID: 8119307

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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Jenkins Jr., Burris, 1897 - 1966.

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Burris Jenkins Jr. was a popular sports cartoonist, whose work appeared in the New York Journal-American. Although best known for his sports themes, Jenkins was also a skilled courtroom illustrator and editorial cartoonist. Among his best remembered cartoons is his sentimental image of Babe Ruth's farewell to Yankee Stadium. From the description of Burris Jenkins Jr. Cartoon Collection : cartoons. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 745451826 ...

Gehrig, Lou, 1903 - 1941.

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Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948

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George Herman Ruth was born February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland to Katherine and George Herman Ruth Sr. In 1902, Ruth was sent to St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys, an orphanage and reformatory, at the age of seven to teach him discipline. It was here that he learned to play baseball. He signed a contract with the minor league Baltimore Orioles in 1914. Ruth received his nickname "Babe" when his minor league teammates referred to him as manager Jack Dunn's new babe. He began his ma...