Aerial view of administration building and hangars of the downtown Baton Rouge, La. Airport. Gift of Ed Reed. Photograph by Packwood photo services. Built for $200,000 Date: ca. 1930's
Picture of young man sitting in front of automobile with "Baton Rouge Seventh Port" on the grill. Taken from the scrapbook of Velma Poche. Date: 1930. Date: ca. 1930
Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium. Constructed at a cost of $250, 000 the 100 bed hospital opened November 4, 1923 and was demolished in 1980. Originally constructed by the Franciscan Sisters of Calais, France. Replaced by new campus on Essen Lane in...
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
View of grounds from front of New State Capitol, Baton Rouge showing the gardens and the location of Huey Long's grave. The entire garden in enclosed in an avenue of Magnolia Grandiflora (Louisiana state flower). The landscape around the capitol...
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
Louisiana State Capitol. Thirty four stories high. Tallest building in the South being 450 feet high. There are 249,000 square feet of usable floor space Cost of Capitol $5,000,000. Over 30 varieties of marble and stone were used in its...
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
Louisiana State Capitol. Thirty four stories high. Tallest building in the South being 450 feet high. There are 249,000 square feet of usable floor space Cost of Capitol $5,000,000. Over 30 varieties of marble and stone were used in its...
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
This view of the Capitol shows the Lady of the Lake, situated at the back. Important facts are: Cost of Capitol $5,000,000. It is 34 stories high or 450 feet. Today it is considered the finest capitol building in the United States.
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
Door to Senate Chamber, Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La. The mural shown hereon represents "Agriculture" by Jules Guerin in which he portrays "Abundance of the Earth" which has made the State of Louisiana a "land of plenty". The bronze...
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
Columns, Senate Chamber, Louisiana State Capitol, Baton Rouge, La. Scene showing massive columns in the Senate Chamber. These violet shaded with yellow marble columns, are from France.