Capital Punishment, Petitions, Education Political aspects, Taxation, Automobile Accidents
(00:01-02:28) Protesters present petitions to Governor Edwards to free Gary Tyler who is on death row for the murder of 13 year old Timothy Weber during a 1974 racial disturbance at Destrahan High School when someone shot a gun out of a school bus....
Baton Rouge High School Band prepares to leave on their annual Spring Tour, traveling to Beaumont Texas where the band played two concerts at the high school there. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1954-1955.
Baton Rouge, La. Downtown. Two story house. 744 Main Street. Home of the Nickeldeon Restaurant, Saloon and antique store. November, 1972 (now demolished). Color slide.
Bayou Sara, La. During the flood of May 2, 1912. This is the levee and walk going to the L.R. & N. depot. The walk in the distance is part of the trestle. It also shows the two story house at the forks (sic) of the road.
Confederate Monument Third Street and North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, La. Plaque reads ""Erected by the men and women of East and West Baton Rouge to perpetuate the heroism and patriotic devotion of the noble soldiers from the two parishes who wore...
Confederate Monument. Third and North Boulevard. A plaque at the base of this monument reads, "Erected by the men and women of East and West Baton Rouge to perpetuate the heroism and patriotic devotion of the noble soldiers from the two parishes...
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Pamphlet 1940-1941 marking two years of service. 12,996 Registered borrowers read 297,399 books, 89,406 people read books and magazines in the library reading room and 8,664 questions were answered by the reference...
Hamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson, right, (August 24, 1933 - November 5, 2006)from Baton Rouge, La. He was the top ranked tennis player in the United States in 1956 and 1958. Richardson was a Rhodes Scholar who attended Tulane University in New...
Integration at Istrouma High School. Two unidentified African American girls get their lunch at Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge. Three African American students integrated the school in September 1963 without incident.
North Boulevard. Four men identified as Black Muslims stand atop a car as the block the street prior to a shootout between blacks and police that left two officers and one black dead. January 10, 1970. Baton Rouge, La.
Nouveau Outer Orleanians, Ltd. Extravaganza held at the Laborer's Union Hall. The group is composed of men who formerly lived in New Orleans, but now reside in Baton Rouge. The group has two purposes, to provide social activities for members and...
Postcard: "Baton Rouge Bridge, over the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge, La." Reverse reads A view of the new bridge across the Mississippi with Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the thirty-four story capitol, and the Standard Oil Company of Louisiana in the...
Postcard: "Baton Rouge, La. Birds-eye view from State Capital [Old]" Published by J. Albert Anderson Books & Stationery. Reverse: Addressed to Mrs. J.R. Coates 5724 W. Ohio St., Austin Station, Chicago. Return address is 720 St. Charles St. Baton...
Postcard: "Goodwood, Baton Rouge, La." Reverse reads: "Goodwood House was built in 1852 by Dr. S. G. Laycock on two thousand acre Goodwood Plantation, a part of a Royal Grant of the British Crown in 1776 to the Laycock family who still reside in...
Residence of E. Boehnringer. Two story Queen Anne, Ionic columns, curved porch, decorative windows. Family standing on porch in photograph. Located on Goldenrod Avenue (now Park Blvd.) Baton Rouge, La. Date: ca. 1912. b/w photograph. Gift of...