East Baton Rouge Parish High School Seniors participate in the "Librarian for a Day" program at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library as part of Louisiana Library Week. Sammy Dupre and Norman Ray Miller of Woodlawn School help shelve books at the Old...
Charles J. Wise, retired accountant is one of the library's "most faithful borrowers". Wise visited the library almost daily for 10 years in the 1940's to read books magazines and newspapers. Taken from 1948-1949 scrapbook. Date: September, 1949
The new library bookmobile acts as a substitute for a North Baton Rouge Branch until funds can be acquired. The 1,800 volume "rolling library" cost $8,000. It is the first air conditioned bookmobile in the nation. Taken from 1948-1949...
East Baton Rouge Parish Reference Librarians Mrs. Robert Hill (foreground) and Miss Caroline Nelson work to answer patron's questions. Taken from 1948-1949 scrapbook. Date: December, 1949
Staff of the Old Main Library, 700 Laurel St. Baton Rouge, La. (front row, l. to r.) Margaret Gueymard, Tillie Scheneker, Caroline Nelson and Lola Cooper. (Middle row l. to r.) Edith Hill, Quinna Mae James, Marjorie Stanton, Edith Abbott, and...
Mr. Eddie Eichelberger, Mrs. Margaret Gueymard and Mrs. Tillie Scheneker celebrating the library's 10th anniversary. Taken from 1948-1949 scrapbook. Date: 1949
Members of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Round Table Club at the 1948-1949 Convention for the Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs in Monroe, La. Photo by Earl B. Williams. Original located in the 1940-1950 Round Table Club Scrapbook