1920 Babe Ruth Headin' Home - 3 series
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Added another 1920 Babe Ruth Headin' Home card to the collection so felt it might not be a bad thing to show a thread with the 3 different cataloged varieties. The first ones are very small at about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" and the rest are a bit bigger than your typical candy cards. These are often faked/reprinted too. There is really no set order I am aware of as they were never cataloged by Burdick.
1st Series- Babe Ruth Headin' Home- small and generally had blank backs though stamps have been seen on some (as here). 2nd Series - Babe Ruth Headin' Home Theater Cards- larger at approx 1 3/4" x 3 3/4", *real photo card, have theaters printed or stamped on backs 3rd Series- Babe Ruth Headin' Home Tex Rickard Cards- larger at approx 1 3/4" x 3 3/4", *real photo card, have a Tex Rickard stamp on backs |
Wow, those are really cool Leon. I've never seen them before.
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Nice, Leon!
I never knew that there were theater cards. It almost makes you wonder: how many of these cards are in the possession of play/showbiz collectors, who have no about how popular vintage baseball cards are? |
great cards!
Awesome and impressive cards, Leon!
I wonder if my grandfather's saw the movie? They were 8 and 9 when it came out! They loved Ruth! |
Wonderful cards, Leon! Actual photo cards of the Babe's first season with the Yanks, and first 50+ (54) homerun season. You make all of us drool over our keyboards.
Thanks for a great site, Larry |
Very neat, Leon.
Tangential to this thread is a still from the short Ruth did in 1931 called "Fancy Curves" which my inner fourteen year old acquired for its baseball and babelicious babe content. http://photos.imageevent.com/kawika_...%20Curves_.jpg Here is the short per YouTube. It's 8+ minutes long, basically hokey but some may find it enjoyable. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Yp8vA07JPGY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
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Thanks for the kind words too guys. This is the sort of thing that keeps me interested in collecting. And wait...... there's more. Here is a Sept 19, 1920 NY Tribune ad for Tex Rickard's Headin' Home movie!!! It is the actual ad for the very card pictured above.... best regards |
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...so David does not feel all alone with his tangent of a post. I have my own Babe and Babe-a-licious item...a lobby card from "Headin' Home"...with a cuter "Babe" than the one from the 1931 film!!
http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y...nRuthLobby.jpg Tom C |
Headin Home
Leon,
Please let me know when your ready to part with any of those!!!!!:eek::eek::eek: |
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wow
absolutely spellbinding.
i've seen only one of these before---and there are several out there!!! congrats and thanks for sharing. all the best, barry |
As long as we're doing the Babe Comes Home movie thing:
http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...s%20Home_1.jpg http://photos.imageevent.com/exhibit...empsey%202.jpg |
my card & newspaper ad
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This is my "Headin Home" card and a scarce newspaper ad promoting the movie with the "Babe" making a personal appearance Thursday through Sunday during the showing of the movie.
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more stuff
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Mini baseball bats were also given out at the shows. Here are 2 examples. They are both 5 inches long and the one says "Babe Ruth" at Orpheum Jan. 9 and the other says "Babe Ruth" at B.F. Kieth's WK Nov. 7.
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Come on Adam....as a type collector don't you know you need one of each color?
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Not me, I am happy w/one card.
I know of red, lt. blue, dark blue, green and sepia. |
You guys are absolutely incredible!
Larry |
those are awsome....
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Those are awesome. If you look at the back of the 2 trimmed cards in the first post you will see where it says these bats were given out. If you ever consider letting one go please let me know first :). What great "go with" pieces. And Adam, thanks for letting me know about the other colors :(. I believe I have seen the shades of blue but not a green or red one. Have you seen "Babe Ruth" R94's in those shades? |
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Thanks Leon. I have been collecting Ruth cards/memorbilia for about 15 years now and I bought the first one about 5 years ago and bought the second one about a month later. I have not seen another one since. If I ever decided to sell one, I will let you know first.
Yes I see in the first post where they mention the bats on the back of the cards. Very cool. |
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Found these glass negatives from an old Leland's auction: Link
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cool cards leon, never saw them before
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I owned the complete movie a while back. It was in one of Lifson's auctions and I was the lucky winner - five or six reels worth. Unfortunately, the material of which film was made at that time is highly flammable and difficult to put out. I ended up donating it to the Museum of Modern Art's film warehouse up near Scranton.
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The fantasy Ruth piece that brought me here to this board, in the first place was from the same era. :)
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