New in the collection: Charlotte rodeo program

Cover of 1948 Southeast Championship Rodeo program. Features rider falling off horse.

Back cover of rodeo program with numerous signatures

The week-long Southeast Championship Rodeo and World’s Greatest Wildwest Show was held at Charlotte Memorial Stadium in April 1948. Curiously, the autographs printed on the program cover belong not to the visiting rodeo stars but to the sponsoring Jaycees.

Among events: a donkey-riding contest for kids. “Center donkey is for the girls,” the program explains. “End donkey is for little white boys, and the donkey in front of the colored section is for the little colored boys….”

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