The Baton Rouge Digital Archive from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library

December 25, 1976: Christmas Greetings, Solar Energy, Out Patient Services
Edwards, Edwin W., Mayors, Christmas, Solar energy, Minority engineers, Ambulatory medical care
(00:01-00:25) Christmas greeting from Edwin Edwards (00:26-01:09) Children put on a Christmas play (01:09-01:25) Christmas greeting from Woody Dumas (01:26-02:45) Solar energy project for the Housing Authority of East Baton Rouge Parish by the...
WAFB Newsreel Films

October 7, 1976: Free Gary Tyler, Teacher Pay and Regional Transit, Fatal Car Accident
Capital Punishment, Petitions, Education Political aspects, Taxation, Automobile Accidents
(00:01-02:28) Protesters present petitions to Governor Edwards to free Gary Tyler who is on death row for the murder of 13 year old Timothy Weber during a 1974 racial disturbance at Destrahan High School when someone shot a gun out of a school bus....
WAFB Newsreel Films

"Awakening" Sculpture by Al LaVergne
Southern University and A & M College, Public sculpture
"Awakening". Sculpture by Al LaVergne on Southern University Campus, F. G. Clark Center Parking Lot. Constructed of steel and weighing three tons, it is a "representation of a facet of positive changes in America." Erected ca. 1976
Baton Rouge Room Collection

"Awakening" Sculpture by Al LaVergne
Southern University and A & M College, Public sculpture
"Awakening". Sculpture by Al LaVergne on Southern University Campus, F. G. Clark Center Parking Lot. Constructed of steel and weighing three tons, it is a "representation of a facet of positive changes in America." Erected ca. 1976
Baton Rouge Room Collection

A Tribute to Oliver Pollock by Frank Hayden
Public sculpture, Hayden, Frank
A tribute to Oliver Pollock by Frank Hayden. Created for the Baton Rouge Bicentennial celebration in 1976 Oliver Pollock was Representative of the Continental Congress ion Spanish Louisiana. He financed the Army of George Washington and negotiated...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

A Tribute to Oliver Pollock by Frank Hayden
Public sculpture
A tribute to Oliver Pollock by Frank Hayden. Plaque on sculpture. Created for the Baton Rouge Bicentennial celebration in 1976 Oliver Pollock was Representative of the Continental Congress ion Spanish Louisiana. He financed the Army of George...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

September 3, 1976: Unemployment in Baton Rouge Tied to Lack of Public Transportation
Unemployment, Transportation
An investigative report explores the reason behind the unemployment rate in Baton Rouge and why it affects mostly poor African Americans.
WAFB Newsreel Films

April 30th at LSU 1926-1976
Bicentennial Commission, Constantinides, Dinos
April 30th at LSU 1926-1976. Program presenting the LSU A Capellea Choir in a concert of Marcha de Galvez by Dinos Constantinides in observance of the fiftieth anniversary of the Baton Rouge Campus of Louisiana State University and the...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

August 30, 1976: Stop Rape Crisis Center, A Baton Rouge Midwife, Conserving Energy in the Schools
Rape--Prevention, East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools (East Baton Rouge Parish, La.), Energy conservation, Midwives, African Americans,
Beauregard Town rape , serial rapists, controversy at the District Attorney's Federally funded Stop Rape Crisis Center(00:00-04:10), Baton Rouge midwife (04:11-11:16), conserving energy in Baton Rouge schools (11:17-13:00). Original format is 16 mm...
WAFB Newsreel Films

Bicentennial Music Show. "I Believe in Music"
Bicentennial Commission, Printed ephemera
Bicentennial Music Show. "I Believe in Music" LSU Union Theatre June 4 & 5, 1976. Directed by Carole Bond, Choral Direction by Marjorie Blocker, and Special Assistan Terry Byars.28 cm x 21 cm 5 pages.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

"Marche de Galvez" by Frank Hayden
Public sculpture, Hayden, Frank
Bronze relief sculpture by Frank Hayden commemorating the "Marche de Galvez". Created to celebrate the Baton Rouge Bicentennial celebration in 1976, imbedded within the sculpture is the poem "La prise du morne du Baton Rouge par Monseigneur de...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

November 18, 1976: Big Foot in Louisiana
Sasquatch
Bryant Conway of Baker, La. discusses his ongoing search for Big Foot in Louisiana. He displays plaster casts of foot prints, artist renderings of the creature, plays audio recordings and recounts encounters with the mythical beast.
WAFB Newsreel Films

August 9, 1976: Deck and Lily Schlaudecker's Life in Amite, La.
Broom and brush industry, Automobiles, Blind persons, Amite City (La.)
Deck and Lily Schlaudecker of Amite, La. Blind broom maker and his wife discuss their broom and mop making business, life in Amite, La. overcoming Deck's disability. Views of Amite as Lily drives Vernon Roget around in her 1936 Coup. (8:56)...
WAFB Newsreel Films

January 13, 1976: Steamboat Natchez, Accident on I-10, Denham Springs Junior High School
Natchez (Steamboat), Traffic accidents, Denham Springs (La.)--schools.
Film footage taken on January 13, 1976 by WAFB television in Baton Rouge. This file has three segments: Overturned tanker on approach to Mississippi River Bridge, I-10 west bound (00:00-00:48), Steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi River in Baton...
WAFB Newsreel Films

Woody Dumas Giving a Speech at the Bicentennial Celebration
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Mayor Dumas giving a speech during the Bicentennial Celebration arrival of the Wagon Train. Date: 1976
Woody Dumas Collection

Mayor Dumas Signing Bonds
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Mayor Woody Dumas and local bank officials (l. to r.) Glen Coats, Frank Craig, and Bridger Eglin signing bonds. Date: 1976
Woody Dumas Collection

Dedication Ceremonies for Independence Park, Baton Rouge, La.
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Mayor Woody Dumas at ceremonies for the Dedication of Independence Park, April 7, 1976
Woody Dumas Collection

Siginig Contracts for the Governmental Building
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Mayor Woody Dumas signing the contract for the new Governmental Building. Date: 1976
Woody Dumas Collection

August 27, 1976: The History of Crop Dusting in Louisiana
Crop dusting, Airplanes
Norman Watson of Watson Aeronautics, Napoleonville, La. discusses the history of his crop dusting business (11:55). Original format is 16 mm with audio. Digitized file is mp4.
WAFB Newsreel Films

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