African Americans, Bicentennial Commission, Port Hudson (La.) History Siege, 1863
The Black Man in the Civil War. Taken from Charles H. Wesley and Patricia W. Romero, International Library of Negro Life and History; Negro Americans in the Civil War. Published in Baton Rouge as part of the American Bicentennial celebration. Ca....
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...
Zachary Taylor: A Baton Rougean by Mrs. Florence B. Huguet. Published by the Bicentennial Commission ca. 1976. A brief biography of Zachary Taylor and his time spent in Baton Rouge. 21 cm x 14 cm 7 pages.
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...
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.
Statue of Atlantis from the Paramount Theatre, Baton rouge, La. The Paramount theatre built in 1920 by W.A. Prather was demolished by members of the Hart family in 1979 against huge public out cry. It was replaced by a parking lot.
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...
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...
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
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
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...