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[1953 Cleveland Elementary-Junior High Flag Raising ]

Photograph of a man in a uniform during a flag raising ceremony in Cleveland, Texas. A crowd of people is gathered to the right, one of whom holds a sign reading "Kiwanis Club". Two men in suits stand in the bed of a truck to the left. This was during the opening of Cleveland Elementary-Junior High School in 1953. This building would become Southside Elementary after a new high school was built in 1956, Junior High was moved to the previous high school building and Northside Elementary was opened in 1957.
Date: 1953
Creator: Young, Moon
System: The Portal to Texas History