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(MUSIC.) Our Second Annual Colored Boat Ride. Poster, 22 x 14 inches, printed in blue on light coated board; light toning, slight chipping at corners. Clarksville, TN, 29 April [1953]
The excursion steamer Avalon offered dinner and dancing cruises in a variety of locales--all apparently strictly segregated. The Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle of 29 April 1952 discusses what was apparently the first white cruise of this boat ride, with the same musical entertainment: the Memphis Rhythm Masters Orchestra. This "second annual" appearance fits for 1953, as April 29 fell on a Wednesday that year.
