Hollywood Motel. U.S. Highways 61-65 & 190. Airline Highway Bypass, 4 miles Southeast of the Mississippi River Bridge. Reservations suggested. Telephone 5-772. Air-conditioned, phone in each room, tiled showers and tubs, vented & central air and...
Mayor Woody Dumas receives a plaque and a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Navy. Dumas served in the Navy as a submariner during World War II and the Korean War. Date: 1970
Henson Moore (b. October 4, 1939). Republican representative of the 6th Congressional District from 1975-1987. Served as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy from 1989-1992 and Deputy Chief of Staff for President George H.W. Bush in...
Chart of Lake Providence Reach Showing changes in shore line from October 1881 to May 1888 and location of dikes by Captain William T. Rossell, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. Mississippi River Commission. May 31 1888. 21.5 in x 11.5 in
Shows State highways routes, U.S. highway routes, oil storage tanks, city limits, and neighborhood names. Map 41in x 28in. Distributed by Franklin Press.
Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter....
Baton Rouge (La.)--History, Teachers, World War II, United Service Organizations (U.S.), Catholic Church, Diocese of Baton Rouge (La.), Historic buildings, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
An oral history with Mrs. Betty Toepfer. She describes growing up in the Edgewood Lawn neighborhood of Baton Rouge and participation in the Sacred Heart Church and other Catholic Churches in Baton Rouge. Mrs. Toepfer lived in several historic...
Margaret Reed Gueymard , East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library; Essae M. Culver, State Librarian; Edith Atkinson, State Library; and Ruth Ferguson, State Library with U.S. Soldiers at the Harding Field Base Library. Baton Rouge, La. Date: ca. 1945
Postcards, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
Postcard: "Garig Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A." Published by Illustrated postcard Co. Addressed to Miss J. Johnson 413 Stoner St., Shreveport, La. Postmarked May 1, 1909
Postcards, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
Postcard: "Avenue of Oaks, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A." [Old campus]. Published by Litho Chrome. Addressed to Mr. Sidney Simpson, #504 Arabella St., New Orleans, La. Postmarked August 23, 1906
Postcards, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History, Mississippi River
Postcard: "Mississippi River from Cadet's Dormitory, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A." [Pentagon Barracks, Old LSU campus] Addressed to: Miss Bythella Kilbaurne, St. Francisville, La. Postmarked March 11, 1907
Postcard: "Moonlight on the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, La." Reverse reads "The Mississippi River, 'Father of Waters' 2459 miles long, and the longest river in the world, 4200 miles, when taking the Missouri as the trunk stream, 250...
Map showing graded highways, dirt roads or roads that are not routes, routes only or unimproved roads that are routes, gravel highways under construction and completed, surface treated highways, paved highways under construction and completed,...