Lot of 3 1953 Original US Air Force Type 1 Photo From MLB Tour of Japan

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Lot of 3 1953 Original US Air Force Type 1 Photos From MLB Tour of Japan - from the collection of Harold Brenner, the Air Force Photographer who took these photos. Mr Brenner took these original photographs on the evening before the game and immediately developed the photos. Mr. Brenner only developed one of each photograph, so these are original one-of-a-kind Type 1 photos! In 1953, Ed Lopat took a team of Major League Baseball's finest to Japan for a goodwill tour. It was not the first time a team went to Japan, but this team had some greats. Although the outfield says "Welcome Major League All-Stars", they apparently weren't sponsored by the MLB directly. They went by the name "Lopat's Nomads", or "Lopat's All-Stars". The Japanese team is now the Chiba Lotte Marines, but back then they were the Mainichi Orions, based out of Kourakuen Stadium (destroyed for Tokyo Dome). This grouping of team photos include 2 on field photos and 1 photo of a gathering in civilian clothes. All photos have some creasing with the 1 team photo having a significant crease. All photo's still have great eye appeal of the rarely seen Iconic baseball event.

Condition: GD-EX