Reverend Lionel Lee, Sr. (January 1, 1930- July 25, 2001). Past Secretary General of the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Church, was pastor of Shady Grove, Evening Star and St. Joseph Baptist Churches. He was a prolific writer, and an active...
Reginald Brown Sr. (b. March 18, 1946) was first elected Baton Rouge constable in 2001 and was re-elected in 2006. Prior to becoming constable, Brown was an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy. He served 25 years in the East Baton Rouge...
Baton Rouge, La.: YMCA building, downtown Baton Rouge. "Located at 311 Fourth Street [was demolished in 1967] and the site [was] turned into a parking lot with space for 75 cars...by B.B. Taylor, Jr., a local attorney." Taken from the State Times,...
Mayor Woody Dumas and Mayor Jack Breaux of Zachary, La. At the Hilton Hotel, Baton Rouge La. Honoring Dumas for 25 years of public service. Date: ca. 1970's
Mayor Woody Dumas with his crew of the Biloxi Yacht Club expert skippers (from left) Dixie Hollis, Buddy Gillis, and Chris Thygesen, Jr. Dumas took sixth place in the annual Southern Mayor's Championship Sailboat Race at Biloxi, Ms. Date: June 25,...
Mayor W.W. Dumas signing the contract for the expansion of the Mid-City Branch Library (l. to r.) Mr. Graham, estimator for Robert Thibodeaux; Robert Thibodeaux, Contractor; Mrs. Max Scheneker, Librarian; Mrs. Jules F. Landry, President of Library...
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...
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...
Postcard: "Community Club, Baton Rouge, La." Published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee. Postmarked April 25, 1927, New Orleans." Once located on the corner of St. Anthony St. (now 7th and Florida Boulevard).
Program for the 1972 Greater Baton Rouge State Fair. Includes advertisements, list of exhibitors, special attractions and performances. 25 pages; 27 cm x 21 cm.