Fountain pen signature, “‘Babe’ Ruth,” on an off-white 13 x 10.75 cardstock sheet signed by approximately 40 notable athletes and entertainers from the 1930s, including: Jack Norworth (lyricist to ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’), actor Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, champion boxers Max Baer and Jack Dempsey, actor Jack Haley, entrepreneur Robert Ripley, singers Kate Smith and Ruth Etting, and many more. The lower portion features a large felt tip and watercolor caricature of Louise Weyhrauch, from whose collection this sheet derives. In the 1930s and 1940s, Weyhrauch worked at several movie studios in New York City, and served as the secretary to Max E. Youngstein, a movie producer at Paramount Pictures and United Artists. Before the NYC studio offices closed and transitioned to Hollywood, it was not uncommon for local stars and athletes like Ruth (then with the Yankees) to be treated to studio tours. In very good to fine condition, with loss to the corners, a tear to the right edge, and a broken lower right corner, which has been repaired with old masking tape on the back. Accompanied by two photos of Weyhrauch and a couple of period 'trade newspapers' that mentions or pictures her. A one-of-a-kind signature display boasted by its rare union of Ruth and Norworth, both of whom have carved their own indelible place in baseball history.
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