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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 C"
No less than 30 autographs of Japanese Hall of Famers can be found in this album, which contains 205 photos in total, of which 158 are autographed. The signed photos include Hall of Famers Date (2 examples), Ichioka, Iguchi (4 examples), Koshimoto (2 examples), Matsuki (2 examples), Mihara (3 examples), Miyatake (2 examples), Mizuhara (3 examples), Mori (3 examples), Nidegawa (3 examples), Ogawa, Okada (2 examples), Tanaka, and Wakabayashi (2 examples), as well as non Hall of Famers such as Kumeiyasu Yajima.

Teams represented include: Philippines tour team, Hanshin (company team), Seitetsu (company team), Keio University, Waseda University, Meiji University, Hosei University, Rikkyo University, Tokyo University, Kansai University, Tomon Club, Sundai Club, Kobe Club, Daichi Shinko Commercial School (Kobe), Takamatsu Commercial School, Okura Commercial School, Hiroshima Commercial School, Kokura Industrial School, Hokai Middle School, and Akashi Middle School. The majority of photos measure 2 1/2" by 3 1/2" with a few larger. Signatures average 8/10. LOAs from PSA/DNA and JSA.

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