Aerial view of construction of the Horace J. Wilkinson Bridge. Cantilever bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge. View of Intracostal waterway in the foreground. Opened April 10, 1968.
Capitol House Hotel {originally the Heidelberg Hotel] Pool. A wonderful haven for vacationers in downtown Baton Rouge, Jack Tar Capitol House, overlooking the beautiful Mississippi River, provides a warm welcome to a friendly oasis of luxury fort...
Chief Edgar LeJeune welcomes Principal Speaker, Woody Valentine to the 1968 Fire Prevention Week Banquet and presents him with an honorary Fire Chief's Citation.
Dr. and Mrs. Cary Dougherty and Bishop and Mrs. Iveson Noland attend a meeting of L' Assemblee Francais, a Baton Rouge French Club, at the City Club, July 13, 1968.
Garber Higginbotham (left) and Bill Robinson (right) presenting Mayor Woody Dumas with $57,000 (Federal matching funds) to help finance the Civil Defense Emergency Operating Center. February 26, 1968
Gene Worley (Administrative Officer) and Coach Willie Spooner listen as Mayor Dumas commends Coach Spooner's championship baseball team at a breakfast given in the team's honor at the Jack Tar Capital House. Spooner was awarded a plaque for...
Members of the Spinsters Club and the Southern Club at the Annual Summer party for both organizations. Held at the American Legion Hall August 31, 1968 l. to r. Diane Charlton, Ken D. Valentine, Judy Simons and Rusty Blix. Original located in...
Miss Cyndi Ricks, daughter of Captain Ray Ricks, is the first Miss Fire Prevention Queen in Baton Rouge. She is being bussed by a proud fire chief and looking on is principal speaker for the Fire Prevention Banquet 1968, Mr. Woody Valentine.
Miss Cyndi Ricks, daughter of Captain Ray Ricks, is the first Miss Fire Prevention Queen in Baton Rouge. She is being bussed by a proud fire chief and looking on is principal speaker for the Fire Prevention Banquet 1968, Mr. Woody Valentine.
Offices of the Baton Rouge Lumber Company. Located on South First Street (now River Road) this example of Romantic Eclecticism architecture was built in the 1870's. Occupied until 1968, it was originally constructed as offices for the Burton...