Al Smith
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Alfred Emanuel Smith was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of New York from 1919 to 1920 and again from 1923 to 1928. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's presiden
Smith c. 1920s
Smith c. 1890s
Charles F. Murphy and Smith in 1915
Smith at his desk in the State Capitol, 1913
Babe Ruth
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George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat
Al Smith
…condolence. Smith's grandchildren later recalled that he was greatly touched by it. Business life and later years Smith golfing with baseball great Babe Ruth in Coral Gables, Florida, in 1930. After the 1928 election, Smith became the president of Empire State, Inc., the corporation that built and operated…
Ruth in 1920
Ruth's birthplace in Baltimore, Maryland
Babe Ruth's parents, George Herman Sr. and Katherine
Ruth (top row, center) at St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1912