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[[caption]] 1948 Beaux Arts Ball at the Savoy Ballroom had as its theme "Paris 2000 years old" and featured costumes of which we considered daring in that day. [[/caption]]

BEAUX ARTS BALL
Annual Affair of the
NAT'L. URBAN LEAGUE GUILD

1975 Beaux Arts Ball saluted the "World of Sports" honoring Great Black Athletes, Robert Douglas of the Rennaisance Basketball Fame and Fritz Pollard of Football Fame where among those inducted into the Urban League Guilds Sports Hall of Fame.  Picture on these pages were taken as athletes like Eyre Saitch who played for Bob Douglas & Herbert Douglas former Olympic Star & Joseph Yancy famed Olympic coach also inducted;  Colonel Lee Archer of the Air Force;  George Utendahl of Cutty Sark, Waymon Dunn of Consolidated Edison paid their respects to Mr. Pollard.

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