Scrapbook of correspondence and ephemera from 1948-1957, by Joseph Lyles
Description:
This is a scrapbook, created by Joseph Lyles, of newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera from 1948 through 1957. Materials are from St. Louis University, where Lyles was a student, and several different minor league baseball teams when Lyles was a player. Noteworthy items include several minor league contracts and correspondence with the Harlem Globetrotters prior to taking the 1952 World Tour. Lyles was a member of the U.S. All Stars and the New York Celtics. This team and the Harlem Globetrotters were the first professional basketball teams to ever tour the globe. The Harlem Globetrotters were celebrating their 25th anniversary by touring the World. They played in 44 countries in 168 days and covered 58,849 miles! Within the album are pictures of the Globetrotters, including Reese “Goose” Tatum (Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and infamous “clown” of basketball), and the New York Celtics, places visited and people met. Some of the photographs are identified, but most are not. Just some of the places shown are: London, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triumph, the grave of General Patton, St. Peter’s in Rome, Egypt, Hong Kong, Athens, Singapore, Tokyo and Osaka. For more information on Joseph F. Lyles see https://springfield.as.atlas-sys.com/agents/people/127. Blank pages at the end of the scrapbook were not digitized and are not shown here; Page numbers of digital files do not reflect actually page numbers of the scrapbook as folded documents and documents hidden by other items are included in the numbering; Scrapbook has been unbound. Scrapbook came in with front and back cover detached and multiple pages loosed. During Digitization removed cord that held remaining pages together. All pieces are contained in the box containing the scrapbook.
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