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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated May 6, 1964 reads, "Canoga Park Elementary School students present a Mexican ethnic dance as part of the Cinco de Mayo celebration at Sutter Junior High School last night. Five Canoga Park schools participated in honoring the community's Mexican sister city of Taxco in conjunction with Mexico's national holiday. Groups from Sutter and Hughes junior high schools, Canoga Park and Capistrano elementary schools and Canoga Park High School performed with the featured Choral Group of the Guadalupe Youth Center at the program last night. Scores of Cinco celebrants filled Los Angeles' Old Plaza also to commemorate Mexico's 1862 victory over French invaders."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Canoga Park Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students Sutter Middle School (Los Angeles, Calif.) Schools--California--Canoga Park (Los Angeles) School children--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Folk dancing, Mexican--California--Los Angeles Middle schools--California--Los Angeles Junior high schools--California--Los Angeles Cinco de Mayo (Mexican holiday) Auditoriums--California--Los Angeles Stages (Platforms) Microphones Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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