| description | Sepia toned group photograph of the Vancouver Asahi Athletic Club and the Nippon Athletic Club baseball teams at Seattle Baseball Grounds in Seattle, WA, USA, on September 12, 1926. At the left are fifteen unidentified Asahi baseball team members in full "ASAHI" uniform and baseball caps, standing next to one another; in the centre of the group, there are six men wearing full suits, ties, and dress hats; one of these six men is holding a trophy with ribbon attached in both hands; at the right are seventeen unidentified Nippon baseball team members; fourteen of which are wearing "NIPPON" team uniforms; two are wearing "TIGERS" team uniforms; one is wearing a "SEATTLE" team uniform; all seventeen are wearing "letter N" baseball caps. There is a crowd of people in the background, sitting and standing in the bleachers, and a pile of baseball bats on the ground to the right of the photograph. Verso is annotated in white pen with "ASAHI VANCOUVER B.C.; N.A.C. SEATTLE, WASH.; AT SEATTLE BASEBALL GR'ND; SEP. 12 1926; BY TOYO STUDIO. (KIYOTA)." Recto is annotated in blue pen with "Seattle Wash.; Sept. 12th/26; E. Kitagawa" and stamped in ink with "352 Wolverleigh Boulevard; Toronto 360, Ontario". |