Charley "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankees pitcher, and his wife, Pauline Ruffing, seated on their sofa, Long Beach, 1939

Item Overview

Title

Charley "Red" Ruffing, New York Yankees pitcher, and his wife, Pauline Ruffing, seated on their sofa, Long Beach, 1939

Photographer

Herod, Jack, b. ca. 1916

Date Created

[circa January 24, 1939]

Date

1939-01-24

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Photographs accompany "Red Ruffing Denies He's in Holdout Class," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1939: A9.
Charles "Red" Ruffing and his wife, Pauline Ruffing (née Pauline Mulholland) sit with their bodies facing each other on their sofa in their Long Beach home. They are both looking off to the photo's right, so Pauline is looking over her left shoulder. His left and her right arm are crossed over the sofa back. He wears a long-sleeved button down collared shirt, and slacks, and she wears a fringed dark dress with strappy heeled shoes. On the back of a sofa is a square banner with an stars and stripes shield over a baseball.
This photograph appears in a photo spread: "Introducing the Best Pitcher in Southern California--Yankee Red Ruffing," Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan 1939: A9.

Caption

Caption on decorative blanket on sofa: ALL AMERICAN
Text from negative sleeve: 15614. Mr & Mrs Charles Ruffing. Sports. (Yankees Pitcher?)
Text accompanying photograph in newspaper: Charley (Red) Ruffing who has won 61 games and lost 26 for the Yanks the past three seasons, is shown with Mrs. Ruffing at their new home in Long Beach.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Ruffing, Charley, 1905-1986
New York Yankees (Baseball team)
Ruffing, Pauline (Pauline Marie), 1912-1996

Location

Long Beach (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Spouses--California
Sofas
Pitchers (Baseball)
Baseball players--California--Long Beach