Babe Ruth card I've Never Seen Before

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Posted By: <b>Prewarsports</b><p>Has anyone ever seen one of these before? It is postcard sized and pictures Babe Ruth kissing his wife before the World Series with an advertisement for a Sporting Goods company on the reverse. <br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1145995490.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1145995472.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>I've seen a few on ebay and if I remember correctly they advertise a souvenir shop in New York. I've not seen one with your ad back before.<br /><br />edited: Duh...I see yours also is for a Souvenir shop....I believe this is the same ones I've seen on ebay...The last one I think went for about $50.

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Posted By: <b>Kyle</b><p>I had one once, it sold for under $20 on eBay. I've seen them sell for more, but those are in auctions for larger sellers. I think its from the 40s or 50s.<br /><br />-Kyle-

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Posted By: <b>Robert S</b><p>I've seen that photo sold a few timees before, once together with this similarly-sized photo with the same coloring / sepia tone:<br /><br /><img src="http://vintageball.com/files/Babe_commercial_photo.jpg"><br /><br />However, the backs are different. Here's the back to this one:<br /><br /><img src="http://vintageball.com/files/Babe_commercial_back.jpg"><br /><br />By the way, this photo was taken during the filming of the 1936 short film "Home Run On The Keys." This Warner Bros & Vitaphone short features Ruth after a duck hunting trip "composing" a song on the piano with musicians Zez Confrey and Byron Gay, and also boasting of his called home run shot.<br /><br />As per the Internet Movie Database: "Ruth also takes time to tell of the home run he called on a third strike, but manages to describe it coming in an incorrect situation. The three go back to New York to appear on a radio program where the Vitaphone Orchestra, led by David Mendoza, plays their "new hit". Mendoza, in a rare turn before the cameras, turns the baton over to The Bambino/Sultan of Swat, who directs the orchestra with all the style of a bull in a china shop."<br /><br />Here's a link to a music file (midi) of the song the three "composed," also entitled "Home Run On The Keys" -- [[just add a ".mid" to the end of this URL to get it to work: <a href="http://www.alevy.com/midi/zez/homerun" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.alevy.com/midi/zez/homerun</a> ]]<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Rhys</b><p>Thanks for the responses guys.<br /><br />Rhys