I received the message below from Jason about the possible date of the broadside. I got the 1950 date from the original listing of this item in Huggins & Scott. But I have to agree with Jason that 1961 seems more likely.
"I just wanted to give you a heads up on a potential wrong date on the Negro League Broadside that you are selling on N54. I have a couple of books on the Clowns and I think that your piece is probably from 1961 not 1950. In the book "Some Are Called Clowns" the clowns are on their 44th tour and the year is 1973- that means that the 32nd tour would be 1961 not 1950. I checked and 7-15 was a Saturday in 1961. I would need to do further research to be sure, but I think that 61 is much more likely. Still a very neat item."
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