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Lot 192: The Bambino Makes A Benevolent Santa

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Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $297.44
Price Realized: $355.44
Auction Date:8/28/2006 9:00 PM EST

During the holiday season of '47, refusing to permit his poor state of health interfere with the assignment, Ruth, donned full Santa Claus regalia and brought the Christmas spirit to little polio victims attending the Sister Kenny Christmas Party at the Hotel Astor. Dated 12/10/47, original paper caption, International Newsreel stamp on the verso. NRMT. 8x10".

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