"A Night For Art" The Louisiana Art Alliance and the Baton Rouge Art Exhibitors Collective sponsor an open house of 11 non-profit galleries in Baton Rouge.
Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church. Reverend White. Standing, l. to r. 1. Lercy Williams, 2.,3., 4., 5. 6., 7. Evelyn Hollins. 8., 9., 10., 11. Paula Goines, 12., 13. Seated center: Brian Millender, Second from right Bernadine Brazier Williams
August 11, 1969 Press release from the Office of the Mayor-President addressing recent racial tensions in Baton Rouge. The tensions were the result of the shooting of James Oliney in July of 1969 by Officer Ray Breaux. The night of Oliney's...
"A Bicentennial City" '76 Baton Rouge. Pamphlet on the history of Baton Rouge. Published by the Baton Rouge Bicentennial Commission. 28 cm x 11 cm 4 pages.
Billy Brooks, Director of the Louisiana Black People Advancement Association, sits on the shoulders of some of his followers and leads a group in shouts of "Black Power". The group formed from a larger group that was holding a rally on the steps of...
Clipping from Baton Rouge Newspaper "A Capital Idea". August 11, 1900 Taken from the Convention Street School Cornerstone. Laid in 1900, opened in 1957.
Norman Watson of Watson Aeronautics, Napoleonville, La. discusses the history of his crop dusting business (11:55). Original format is 16 mm with audio. Digitized file is mp4.
The Tug Boat Istrouma and her crew. Bought by the company in 1915 and used as a fire tug, it was retired from Esso Service in 1949. During its career, the boat and her crew helped to fight such memorable fires as the Great Kress Fire and the...
Historic buildings, Afton Villa Gardens (Saint Francisville, La.)
Afton Villa front stained glass window. The 40 room Gothic Revival mansion was built in 1849 by David Barrow and his second wife Susan Woodfork and took 8 years to complete. It was destroyed by fire in 1963. 100.11
The Heidelberg Hotel, 201 Lafayette St. Baton Rouge, 1947. Opened in October of 1927, with 11 stories. Former names include The Jack Tar Capitol House Hotel and the Chateau Capitol. Written on back of the photo "Mother and M.E. and Ruthie Goldberg).
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