From Babe Ruth’s Exit to Canseco’s Blunder: This Week in MLB History

https://fanzonesportsnetwork.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/this-week-in-baseball-history-fanzone-may-24/

Never give up

You just can’t beat a person who never gives up.

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This is a white hot jam. #BabeRuth ‘Wells Fargo’

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Hong Kong - X5826, Selects and Layouts 1959.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)

Title: Sightseeing in Hong Kong (Sports Illustrated)

Date: 1959-07

Description: A black and white and color photograph of people from the English colony, mostly sporting personalities, gathered outside the C V Starr House, a residence for houseboys in Hong Kong.

Notable Individuals:

* Toni Frissell: American photographer known for her work on sports, particularly baseball, with notable publications including Sports Illustrated. (1917-2001)
* George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr.: Legendary baseball player and sports icon, one of the most iconic figures in American sports history.
* Jackie Robinson: African-American baseball player who became a trailblazer for racial integration in Major League Baseball.

Locations:

* C V Starr House
* Hong Kong

Keywords: Sports Illustrated, Toni Frissell, George Herman "Babe" Ruth Jr., Jackie Robinson, Hong Kong, English colony

#HongKong-X5826 #Layouts1959 #HongKong #English #ToniFrissell #American #SportsIllustrated #GeorgeHerman"Babe #RuthJr #JackieRobinson #African-American #MajorLeagueBaseball #HongKongs #BabeRuth #hongkong #china #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2021717488/

Fashion, 1951 1951.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 120 medium format.

Toni Frissell Photograph Collection

This collection comprises photographs of celebrities, socialites, and politicians taken by American photographer Toni Frissell in the mid-20th century.

Notable Individuals:

* Barbara Mullen (1911-1996): An American model who worked with photographers such as Edward Steichen and Toni Frissell.
* Babe Ruth (1895-1948) was mentioned but no additional information is available from this collection.
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929-1994) was mentioned in the original text, she would be mentioned further if more photographs were provided.

Locations:

* The United States

Keywords: American photography, mid-20th century, celebrities, socialites, politicians.

#American #ToniFrissell #BarbaraMullen #EdwardSteichen #BabeRuth #TheUnitedStates #America #southamerica #photography

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2021749673/