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August 17, 1948: Nation Mourns Babe Ruth - ™
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Lot Detail - 1948-49 Babe Ruth 's Funeral The Sporting News Collection Archives Original Photos (Sporting News Collection Hologram/MEARS Photo LOA) - Lot of 4
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Lot - 1948 Rochester Times Union Babe Ruth Death Notice Newspaper
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Ruth's passing stunned baseball world
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At attendant at Yankee Stadium, New York lowers the American flag to half-mast in deep center field, August 17, 1948, in honor of Babe Ruth, who died in New York's Memorial Hospital
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Bye Bye, Bambino: The Funeral of Babe Ruth - LIFE
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Babe Ruth: 70 years since the death of the New York Yankees legend