1956 Gridiron Show Program. A satirical theatrical show put on annually by the Baton Rouge Capitol Correspondents' Association since 1951. Original located in Baton Rouge Room vertical files.
Baton Rouge High School Band, Hi-Steppers, Drum Corps and Boosters perform at the half time of the Bogalusa-Baton Rouge High School Football game in Bogalusa, La. October 5, 1956. Taken from the Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1956-1957.
An authentic street map compiled from private surveys, state surveys and official records of East Baton Rouge Parish. Approved by the City and Parish councils as the official street map of East Baton Rouge Parish February 8, 1956. Includes street...
African Americans--History, Printed ephemera, Leland University (New Orleans, La.)
Leland University 1899-1900 catalog, Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of promoting...
African Americans--History, Printed ephemera, Leland College (Baker, La.)
First Reunion of Leland College June 27-29,1980. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of...
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...
East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools (East Baton Rouge Parish, La.)
PTA Officers at Walnut Hills Primary School. (L. to r.) Mrs. Frank Turpin, Mrs. James Gilbert, Mrs. Jack Stubbs, Mrs. C.W. Hair Jr., and Mrs. A.D. Jackson.