Pre-WWII japanese american baseball jerseys [Archive]

Dewey2007

01-04-2008, 08:19 PM

Anyone out there collect pre-WWII Japanese American baseball memorabilia?? I have two jerseys that I got years ago and was wondering if they had any worth. One is from the 1937 Alameda Kono All-Star team (see links)

http://www.niseibaseball.com/Nisei%20Photo%20Gallery/Web%20Page%20Groups/PreWar%20&%20Golden%20Years/WebPage-Full.00013.html

http://www.niseibaseball.com/Nisei%20Photo%20Gallery/Web%20Page%20Groups/PreWar%20&%20Golden%20Years/WebPage-Full.00012.html

The other is of a 1930's amateur team from Alameda, CA that was called "Hayashi Florist". Harry Kono who sponsored the 1937 All-Star team owned a Florist shop of the same name too. I was able to find that out by asking the current owner of the flower shop that was owned by Kono prior to WWII.

Any insight would be appreciated and I can send or post pics on Monday when I'm back at work if anyone is interested.

thegoodz15

01-05-2008, 04:54 PM

i have a friend in japan that i told these too......do you have any bats or or signed fotos?......i willl give him your information do you have a fone # have a great weekend....scott florida

Dewey2007

01-05-2008, 09:47 PM

Hi Scott, I don't have any bats or photos. Just the two jerseys. Not sure if I want to sell them but you can have him contact me anyhow. It would be more convenient if you can just have him e-mail me and I can send him photos too since I wasn't able to post any just yet. Thanks.

both-teams-played-hard

01-06-2008, 02:18 AM

Dewey
I'd like to see photos of the tagging on the shirts. The team photos are cool. I bet the jerseys are too...

Dewey2007

01-06-2008, 02:49 AM

Hey BTPH, sending you scans of the jerseys right now.

both-teams-played-hard

01-06-2008, 03:41 AM

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1062/alamedakonoxo0.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1290/alamedakonophotooo5.jpg
I encourage readers to do a search of "alameda kono"...this jersey is a piece of baseball history!
Also a photo from Hayashi Florist...
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2523/hayashity7.jpg
Dewey, thanks for sending the photos and sharing...

both-teams-played-hard

01-17-2008, 10:54 PM

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1062/alamedakonoxo0.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1290/alamedakonophotooo5.jpg
I encourage readers to do a search of "alameda kono"...this jersey is a piece of baseball history!
Also a photo from Hayashi Florist...
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/2523/hayashity7.jpg
Dewey, thanks for sending the photos and sharing...
Here are close-ups of the Goldsmith tags on both jerseys:
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/8043/goldsmith1hj3.jpg
http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/4329/goldsmith2oc9.jpg