Quarto scrapbook, 8 x 13 in., with marbled paper boards, 152pp, of which 44 contains text or clippings. Signed several times throughout by Pvt. James O. Harrison (b.1881), Co. D, 25th US Infantry. Harrison enlisted in the famous Buffalo Soldier regiment on Jan. 29, 1907, and was honorably discharged January 29, 1910. His three years of army service is documented in the scrapbook with notes and ephemera from the Philippines, where he spent the majority of his enlistment, as well as Nagasaki, Japan, and Fort Lawton in Seattle, and much of the content relates to his primary hobbies – baseball and poetry. Pvt. Harrison enjoyed to write and refers to himself as the "Prince of Poetry of Post of Parang PI Baseball League 25 US Infantry,” and the book includes an original poem regarding regimental baseball, an alternate version of “Casey at the Bat,” and two original songs, all produced during his duty in the Philippines. The regimental baseball league he played on was of a very high quality, with top-level players including Negro League Hall of Famer Joe "Bullet" Rogan and victories of white army teams which sported major league talent. As a fan, Harrison showed interest in both the Negro Leagues and the Major Leagues, and the book includes numerous newspaper and magazine clippings of pictures of prominent players and baseball news, especially related to the Detroit Tigers. The scrapbook also includes four original photos of Buffalo Soldiers and white officers ; images of Teddy Roosevelt and his four children; Philippine postcards; cigar bands; military news; two pages devoted to famous boxers; general orders; and more. For a full page-by-page inventory, please go to cowans.com. Condition: Pages are somewhat brittle. Many pages separated from the binging.
Quarto scrapbook, 8 x 13 in., with marbled paper boards, 152pp, of which 44 contains text or clippings. Signed several times throughout by Pvt. James O. Harrison (b.1881), Co. D, 25th US Infantry. Harrison enlisted in the famous Buffalo Soldier regiment on Jan. 29, 1907, and was honorably discharged January 29, 1910. His three years of army service is documented in the scrapbook with notes and ephemera from the Philippines, where he spent the majority of his enlistment, as well as Nagasaki, Japan, and Fort Lawton in Seattle, and much of the content relates to his primary hobbies – baseball and poetry. Pvt. Harrison enjoyed to write and refers to himself as the "Prince of Poetry of Post of Parang PI Baseball League 25 US Infantry,” and the book includes an original poem regarding regimental baseball, an alternate version of “Casey at the Bat,” and two original songs, all produced during his duty in the Philippines. The regimental baseball league he played on was of a very high quality, with top-level players including Negro League Hall of Famer Joe "Bullet" Rogan and victories of white army teams which sported major league talent. As a fan, Harrison showed interest in both the Negro Leagues and the Major Leagues, and the book includes numerous newspaper and magazine clippings of pictures of prominent players and baseball news, especially related to the Detroit Tigers. The scrapbook also includes four original photos of Buffalo Soldiers and white officers ; images of Teddy Roosevelt and his four children; Philippine postcards; cigar bands; military news; two pages devoted to famous boxers; general orders; and more. For a full page-by-page inventory, please go to cowans.com. Condition: Pages are somewhat brittle. Many pages separated from the binging.
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