Vintage circa 1934-35 softcover autograph album, 6.25 x 4.25, signed throughout in pencil by over 70 baseball players (several on affixed slips), with highlights including: Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx, Charles Gehringer, Chas. 'Red' Ruffing, Lefty Grove, and Goose Goslin. Among the other signers are: Jo-Jo White, Firpo Marberry, Bill Rogell, Pete Fox, 'Chief' Hogsett, 'Schoolboy' Rowe, Wes Ferrell, Buck Walters, Luke Hamlin, Ray Hayworth, Tommy Bridges, Flea Clifton, Al Schact, Bill McAfee, Oscar Melillo, Buck Newsom, Grover Hartley, Bump Hadley, Lefty Mills, Rollie Hemsley, Alan Strange, Harlond Clift, Sam West, Lena Blackburne, Skeeter Newsome, Bob Johnson, and more. A few non-baseball signatures are also inside, including a slip signed by Spencer Tracy, Maureen O'Sullivan, and Mickey Rooney, and a card signed by Edward R. Murrow. A later signed postcard of Rod Carew is also loosely laid in. In very good to fine condition, with occasional smudging and creasing, and general moderate overall handling wear. The consignor notes that these autographs were chiefly obtained at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., by a young boy in 1934-35.
