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1920's-30's Japanese Baseball Photo Collection "Fuj

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1920's-30's Japanese Baseball Photo Collection "Fujita Album A"
This album of 362 photos, 215 of which are autographed, features 19 examples from Japanese Hall of Famers: Amachi, Aoi, Date (2 examples), Iguchi, Kirihara, Kono, Miyatake (2 examples), Mizuhara, Nidegawa (2 examples), Ogawa, Ono, Ota, Saeki, Wakabayashi, Yokozawa, and Yoshida. Also included are university-period autographed photos of Kenichi Aoshiba and Nobuo Kura, original members of the Tokyo Giants who died in World War II.

Teams represented include Takarazuka Kyokai (pre-Nippon League pro team), Daimai (industrial/company team), Keio University, Meiji University, Rikkyo University, Waseda University, Hosei University, Kansai University, Ritsumeikan University, Tokyo Club, Sundai Club, Mita Club, All-Osaka Club, Kobe Diamond Club, Kobe Club, Matsuyama Commercial School (at Koshien), Waseda Commercial School, Daichi Shinko Commercial School (Kobe), Taisho Middle School, and Kaginori Middle School (Taiwan). Photos range in size from 2 1/4" by 3" to 4 3/4" by 6 1/2". Signatures average 8/10. LOAs from PSA/DNA and JSA.

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