Babe Ruth took baseball and moved it into mainstream America and baseball and America were forever changed. To this day his face remains one of the most recognizable of all despite his having passed almost sixty years ago on August 16, 1948. In this near mint condition photo printed in the late 1930's, the Babe is seen leaning on the bunting at the edge of the first row of seats at Yankee Stadium, posing with two of his family members.