[Mary Frances Anglin, The First Dairy Day Queen]

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Black and white photograph of a young woman, Mary Frances Jenkel, née Anglin, being crowned the first Dairy Day Queen, on stage at the 1954 Dairy Day in Cleveland, Texas. She is wearing a velvet coronation robe. The town mayor at the time, N.A. Walker, bestows the honor. A young boy, Jeff McClain, is standing near them is holding the crown's pillow. A sizable group of people on stage watch from behind them as the event takes place. Coronation is on the old American Legion baseball field.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm.

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Creator: Unknown. 1954.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2011 and was provided by the Cleveland Historic Society to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 140 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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The Society documents Cleveland's history, growth, and culture. Cleveland was born out of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads running just north of Houston; logging and lumber mills were core to the town's development.

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Black and white photograph of a young woman, Mary Frances Jenkel, née Anglin, being crowned the first Dairy Day Queen, on stage at the 1954 Dairy Day in Cleveland, Texas. She is wearing a velvet coronation robe. The town mayor at the time, N.A. Walker, bestows the honor. A young boy, Jeff McClain, is standing near them is holding the crown's pillow. A sizable group of people on stage watch from behind them as the event takes place. Coronation is on the old American Legion baseball field.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 22 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2011

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[Mary Frances Anglin, The First Dairy Day Queen], photograph, 1954; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth253186/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cleveland Historic Society.

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