titleAsahi baseball team at [Vancouver International League Championship award ceremony?]; Vancouver, BC; July 1, 1919

 

namePhotograph

 

date1919

 

descriptionSepia toned outdoor photograph, printed on card stock, of a procession ceremony taking place in the middle of a wide street with a crowd of onlookers, large brick buildings, and power lines in the background. Twelve Asahi baseball team players are standing at the centre of the photograph; nine are wearing Asahi team sweaters and letter "A" caps; two are wearing tank tops with Asahi "rising sun" print and white shorts. Three men are wearing full suits and ties. One man in a suit seems to be passing a large flag to one of the Asahi players. Recto is annotated in red pen to highlight the rising sun imagery, and in black pen with "1919". Verso is annotated in black pen with "Taken 1st July 1919".

 

part ofEd and Muriel Kitagawa Collection
number2010.30.1.1.66.a-b

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
accessOpen