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R         East Prairie Lions Club.

682                  Booklets and photographs, 1947-1996.

                                    Two folders, photocopies.

 

 

 

These are program booklets for annual rodeos (1947 and 1948), minstrel shows (1952, 1955-1958, 1960-1962, with photographs), “Jubilee” (1973), and the 70th Anniversary (1996) of the Li­ons Club chapter in East Prairie, Mississippi County, Missouri.

 

Folder 1

 

Booklets

 

Year              Event

 

1947              Rodeo, 04-05 July 1947

1948              Rodeo, 04-05 July 1948

1952              Annual Minstrel, 04 April 1952

1955              Annual Minstrel, 01 April 1955

1956              Annual Minstrel, 09 February 1956

1957              Annual Minstrel, 25 April 1957

1958              Annual Minstrel, 20-21 March 1958

1960              Annual Minstrel, 22 April 1960

1961              Annual Minstrel, 06 April 1961

1962              Annual Minstrel, 06 April 1962

 

Folder 2

 

Booklets

 

Year              Event

 

1973              Annual Jubilee

1996              70th Anniversary Celebration, 07 December 1996

 

Photographs

 

#1                  Unidentified blackface performer; vertical format.

#2                  Unidentified blackface performers; horizontal format.

#3                  Unidentified performer (emcee?); vertical format.

#4                  Performers: Front row includes LaWanda Douglas and Bob Hunter; middle row

                       includes Corky Shelby and Noonie Bruce; back row includes Maxine Davis,

                       Dick Reed, Hunt Wellborn, Ed Felts, and L. B. Presson [“one-eyed”].

#5                  Performers, left to right: Homer Oliver, Hunt Wellborn, Noonie Bruce, and

                       LaWanda Douglas.

#6                  Ensemble; horizontal format.

 

 

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