Kobe, 1928 Digital
Scope and Contents
Two minutes and forty-five seconds of footage contains scenes of a Damai Baseball team practice, and appears to show American baseball players in Damai uniforms; these players are presumably Herb Hunter, Ty Cobb, Bob Shawkey, and Fred "Bootnose" Hofman. Also includes shots of a waterfront setting, with buildings, boats, and people; a view of mountains; and a man and a woman feeding caged monkeys.
Dates
- Creation: 1928
Researcher Access
Open for research. Most of the film reels in this collection have been digitized, although use copies are needed; see reference staff for details.
Extent
1 film reels : silent; 2 minutes 45 secondsBiographical / Historical
In the fall of 1928, American baseball players Herb Hunter, Ty Cobb, Bob Shawkey, and Fred "Bootnose" Hofman, all of whom had just ended their professional careers, visited Japan to help coach the local Damai team and to help popularize baseball. They had been invited to Japan by the Mainichi newspaper, specifically to train with and play twelve games with the Japanese Daimai team.
Subject
- Cobb, Ty, 1886-1961 (Depicted, Person)
- Hunter, Herb, 1885-1970 (Depicted, Person)
- Shawkey, Bob, 1890-1980 (Depicted, Person)
- Hofmann, Fred (Bootnose), 1894-1964 (Depicted, Person)
Creator
- From the Collection: Chauncey, Henry, 1905-2002. (Person)
Repository Details
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