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Lot 609
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Lot Number: 609
Description: John Quinn scrapbook from the 1934 U.S. All-Star team Tour of Japan. Period bound scrapbook measures 8"x12" with colorful souvenir decals on the front cover from the Tour. Interior includes all manner of ephemera related to the Tour incl. original photographs, itineraries, Japanese maps, membership cards, handwritten materials, Customs papers for Quinn, and misc. paper items incl. seating charts. The album contains approx. (110) original photographs including a quantity of rare and unique examples. Photo subjects include Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, U.S. team, Japanese team, stadium views, numerous candid images incl. Foxx and Ruth, and game action images. The inside back cover also features an affixed Japanese broadside with an illustration of Babe Ruth. The majority of the photographs and much of the paper items are affixed within the album by period archival corners with some of the decals and other pieces having been laid down on the pages. Very substantive intact offering of 1934 Tour of Japan materials from one of the participants. Includes letter of provenance from the Quinn family: EX-NM
Estimated Price: ($5,000.00-$7,500.00)
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