1934 Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig "Tour Of Japan Team" TYPE 1 Original Photo For Sale


1934 Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig
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1934 Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig "Tour Of Japan Team" TYPE 1 Original Photo:
$6650.00

For sale is a EXTREMELY RARE 1934 Silver Gelatin TYPE 1 Original Photo of the Tour of Japan Team which features Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx. In the truly scarce image you see many 1934 MLB All-Stars together taking a picture while on their famous TOUR OF JAPAN. This tour of Japan was a Barnstorming trip to promote professional baseball. This Tour originated in the 1870's by a Horace Wilson, a american university professor teaching in Japan along with Hiroshi Hiraoka, a japanese engineer that spent a few years in the US. Both a huge fan of the game started to teach friends at local colleges. The MLB had toured japan starting in 1908 and returning a few more times in the next 25 years. Matsutara Shoriki a newspaper owner wanted to see how large this sport could grow with the Japanese public. He had contacted Connie Mack which was a long time coach and organized the largest exhibition game which would showcase the largest superstars of the game. Seen in this team photo is Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty O'Doul, Moe Berg, Connie Mack, Lefty Gomez and Charlie Gehringer to name a few. Also seen in this photo were the players wives as well with the Japanese team. This photo was taken in Japan by a Japanese Photographer. His signature is embossed on the bottom right corner. This is a gorgeous Silver Gelatin photo that is also in its original photo holder. There is not a date stamp on the reverse side which would be normal being a studio photo. This photo is credited to a Japanese studio but I cant determine what the embossed writing says. The size is 5.25 x 7. 75 inches and is in MINT Condition. There is a very small line in red editors pencil in the sky. Due to the rarety MINT examples of these team photos has been selling for $10K-15K. Tour of Japan items are highly sought after and valuable. Dont miss your chance to get this team photo! Photo comes with Free Insured Shipping that will arrive in 3-5 days. Please contact me if you have anymore questions about the photo since ALL SALES ARE FINAL. PLEASE STOP BY AND CHECK OUT ALL OF THE OTHER PHOTOS AND VINTAGE ITEMS. Thanks for stopping by!!!
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