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....
Aerial view of downtown Baton Rouge showing Front St. (River Road), New State Capital and Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Taken by Sgt. Johnston of the Baton Rouge Police Department. Date: March 10, 1961
American Dairy Princess Contest Program. Held at the Capital House Hotel, Baton Rouge, La. Sponsored by the American Dairy Association, the State of Louisiana and the City of Baton Rouge. November 11-15, 1958
Baton Rouge (La.)--History, Teachers, World War II, United Service Organizations (U.S.), Catholic Church, Diocese of Baton Rouge (La.), Historic buildings, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
An oral history with Mrs. Betty Toepfer. She describes growing up in the Edgewood Lawn neighborhood of Baton Rouge and participation in the Sacred Heart Church and other Catholic Churches in Baton Rouge. Mrs. Toepfer lived in several historic...
Billy Brooks, Director of the Louisiana Black People Advancement Association, sits on the shoulders of some of his followers and leads a group in shouts of "Black Power". The group formed from a larger group that was holding a rally on the steps of...
East Baton Rouge Parish (La.)--Politics and government, Printed ephemera
Capital Improvements Program 1969-1973. City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge Planning Commission. Includes public building projects such as the Municipal Complex, Civic Auditorium and Libraries. Other infrastructure improvements and...
Clipping from Baton Rouge Newspaper "A Capital Idea". August 11, 1900 Taken from the Convention Street School Cornerstone. Laid in 1900, opened in 1957.
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...
Postcard: "Baton Rouge, La. Birds-eye view from State Capital [Old]" Published by J. Albert Anderson Books & Stationery. Reverse: Addressed to Mrs. J.R. Coates 5724 W. Ohio St., Austin Station, Chicago. Return address is 720 St. Charles St. Baton...
Postcard: "Lady of the Lake Hospital, Baton Rouge, La. As seen from the top of the State Capital Building" Published by Harris News Agency, Baton Rouge, La.
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
Postcard: "Louisiana State Capital, Baton Rouge, La." Reverse: "Louisiana has its State Capital in the picturesque city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, which is popularly called the "Creole State" , has an area of 48,720 square miles, and was admitted...