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First Baptist Church Choir

Description: Photograph of First Baptist Church Choir in 1954. Choir members from left to right are: Front row: Mrs. Theo Scott, Mrs. Ernest Cummings, Mrs. Newman Powers, Mrs. Edsel Brown, Mrs Cam Arrendell, unknown Second row: unknown, unknown, Sally Harkins, Aunt Annie Wright, Elma Lee Tanner, Tula Overton Third Row: unknown Choir Director: Max (last name unknown)
Date: 1954
Creator: Young, Moon

Foster Lumber Company

Description: Photograph of Foster Lumber Company shortly before it closed. Shown in the picture is the railroad tracks ("Dinky") connecting the mill with the Santa Fe Railroad. The commissary, post office and mail office is also in this location.
Date: 1954
Creator: Young, Moon

[Jane Hooks Kirkham at KVLB Radio Station]

Description: Photograph of Jane Hooks Kirkham (Nelson) sitting behind a desk and looking up, toward the left side of the image. She has both hands on a ledger book opened in front of her, holding a pen in her right hand. Filing cabinets are visible on the left side of the image, with a potted plant on top of them and there is a telephone and a wooden paper box on the left side of the desk. The photo was taken during the grand opening of the KVLB radio station.
Date: 1954
Creator: Young, Moon

[Mary Frances Anglin, The First Dairy Day Queen]

Description: 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.
Date: 1954
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