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12-25-2012, 02:40 PM

Forever Young Forever Young is offline

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Originally Posted by Runscott

Strange for a baseball collector, but a handwritten Johnson letter was on my short list. I learned a lot about him while researching the 1909-11 KC black baseball teams, looking for a different 'Jack Johnson', while reading through the 'Freeman'. The boxer was hugely popular and occupied half the print space in those old papers.

This is a great piece! Not that strange as I have wanted a jack Johnson as well for awhile now. What a historic piece. The letter appears to be written during his fighting days too??(1915). Hard for me to tell as I am on my phone but either way, a fantastic addition to any collection. Me likey.

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