#nov. 29

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In the off season, Babe Ruth spends some time with neighborhood kids, November 29, 1924. He told them how he started out in an orphanage and rose to become the legend he already was.

Photo: Associated Press via Sports Illustrated

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Really tempted to come to school with windex and paper towels and clean all of the mirrors in the practice rooms.

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Male shoppers at the "721 Club, For Men Only," at Bonwit Teller, November 29, 1951. A saleswoman took the male shopper's list while he relaxed with a cocktail or coffee and cakes, on the house. She went through the store, filling out the list, and brought the merchandise back to him in the cozy little club for his inspection. Let's hope he gave her a spending limit.

Photo: Carl Nesensohn for the AP

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Kids stand in line at Harlem's RKO Regent movie theater on November 29, 1941.

Photo: Associated Press

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On November 29, 1958, Joan Bennett married Edward M. Kennedy in the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Bronxville. The groom's brother, Senator John F. Kennedy, can be seen in the background.

Photo: Jacob Harris for the AP

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At the Seamen's Bank for Savings, 74 Wall Street, depositors cash their Christmas Club checks, November 29, 1939. They also opened new accounts for 1940.

Photo: Wurts Bros. via MCNY

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Steven Strauber of Newark, N.J., stands with others outside the St. Nicholas Arena in upper Manhattan, November 29, 1947. He is reading a Yiddish-language newspaper announcing the vote on the Palestinian Partition plan at the United Nations. The headline reads: "Jewish State," and a photo of the Israeli flag is seen below it.

Photo: AP via News19