This dramatic photograph was taken on June 13, 1948, at Yankee Stadium (the house that Ruth built).  It was the 25th anniversary of the stadium and the day the Babe's number was retired.  Ruth, thin and frail as a result of a long illness, emerged from the dugout into "the caldron of sound he must have known better than any other man."  Everyone knew then, as he must have known himself, that The Babe had worn his old uniform for the last time.  He died only two months later on August 16, 1948.   The famed number 3 will never again be worn by a Yankee player.  The Babe Bows Out won a Pulitzer Prize for photographer Nat Fein.  This magnificent photograph is featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian Institute. Quotes by W.C. Hines, U.S. Sun (1948).

These prints are made directly available by the Estate of Pulitzer Prize photographer Nat Fein, which is the sole holder of Fein's original photographic negatives. It should be noted that there are some online merchants selling unlicensed and poorly mass produced copies of the Babe Bows Out, while others falsely claim their Nat Fein photos are made from the original negative. Many of these merchants utilize popular auction and shopping websites, that due to the large volume of sellers they have, cannot monitor all their merchants for fraud or copyright infringement. 

All prints on this site are guaranteed to be individually produced from Fein's film negatives and were either scanned to make stunning exhibition quality archival digital prints or are expertly developed traditionally in a darkroom on silver gelatin fiber base paper. They are collectible fine art pieces of the highest quality and come with a Letter of Authenticity from the Estate of Nat Fein. The Nat Fein Estate, through Christie's, (NY), sold an 8x10 vintage print of the Babe Bows Out for $11,163 on October 10th, 2000, Lot # 112, Sale Code # 9484).
 

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