Ad, Tootsie Rolls: Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story." The American Girl, Sept. 1948.
Entry/Object ID
2010.007.0027
Scope and Content
Captain Tootsie and "The Babe Ruth Story." By C.C. [Charles Clarence] Beck. Advertisement as published in magazine "The American Girl", September 1948, page 38. Clipped leaf, ca. 10" wide x 11-1/2" high.
A two-column, black-and-white 9-panel comic ad for Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Pops and Tootsie Coconut Fudge. Endorsement at the bottom by actor William Bendix. He is shown in baseball uniform as Babe Ruth, captioned: William Bendix as He Appears in "The Babe Ruth Story", a Roy Del Rath Production Released Through United Artists.
Tootsie Rolls and related products were made by the Sweets Company of America in Hoboken during this period.
Acquisition
Accession
2010.007
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
