In 1934 the ultimate baseball team was assembled to play exhibition games on foreign soil. No tour team in the history of baseball had a more devastating lineup. Babe Ruth Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx headlined the famous tour which invited American major league players to Japan to play against Japanese college all-stars. Not surprisingly the Americans won all seventeen games they played. Matsutara Shoriki an influential owner of a popular Japanese newspaper was largely responsible for bringing the tour to Japan. Shoriki who later became known as "the great genius-father figure of Japanese baseball" was amazed by the overwhelming fervor of Japanese fans and established Japan's first professional team in December 1934.

From that epic sojourn in The Land of The Rising Sun comes this stunning 6"x8" photo featuring Ruth Gehrig and Foxx on the field in their All Americans uniforms. On the lower right corner is a small photographer’s embossed stamp. Each of the three sluggers has penned near flawless signatures that were placed with cautious precision. The jet black autographs project superbly against the sepia tones of the image. The lightest brushes to the tail end of Gehrig and Foxx' surnames are evident under close inspection but do nothing to detract from the marvelous overall presentation quality of the piece.  In terms of aesthetics and historical significance this is a photo with few peers in the hobby.

Includes full LOAs from PSA/DNA and JSA.