Baton Rouge High School Band at Southeastern Louisiana College in Hammond taking part in a pageant of half time football shows of bands from all over the state on November 3, 1953. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1954-1955.
Baton Rouge High School Band at Southeastern Louisiana College in Hammond taking part in a pageant of half time football shows of bands from all over the state on November 3, 1953. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1954-1955.
Capitol Avenue High School Class of 1953 at their 31st Annual Reunion. (Front Row .l to r.) Thelma Philips Davis, Carol Smith Johnson, Iola George Nicholson, Dorothy Carter Butler, Jacqueline Hall, Lillie Banks Smith, Sarah Anderson Williams, Mary...
Certificate of gratitude from the Citizens of Vicksburg, Mississippi for assistance given after the tornado of December 5, 1953. Presented by the Vicksburg Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Curtis "C.J." Gilliam [1922-1995] was a longtime Civil Rights activist and the first black optometrist in Baton Rouge. A former president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP, he was the first black Louisianan to enlist in the U.S. Marine...
Esso Standard Oil Company fire drill at the Esso office building on Scenic Highway. October 6, 1953. Original located in the 1953 Fire Prevention Week Report. BRFD Collection.
General Laborers and Masons safety meeting on fire prevention with movie "Stop Fires, Save Jobs" at Esso-Standard Oil. Original located in the 1953 Fire Prevention Week Report. BRFD Collection.