| description | Black & white outdoor photograph of nine members of the Asahi baseball team wearing full uniform, aboard the SS Kashima Maru en route to Japan from Vancouver, BC. in late August to early September, 1921. Three are seated on the wood ship deck; the other six are standing with ocean in background. Verso is annotated in black pen with "Group of Asahi Ball players taken on board "Kashima" on the way to the land of fans and flowers; 1921".
Mickey Hatsujiro Kitagawa is standing in back row at far left and George Iga is siting in the front row at far right. |