East Baton Rouge Parish Library Pamphlet 1940-1941 marking two years of service. 12,996 Registered borrowers read 297,399 books, 89,406 people read books and magazines in the library reading room and 8,664 questions were answered by the reference...
"Adopted as the official road map of the Parish of East Baton Rouge by the Parish Council of East Baton Rouge, by resolution number 2887 at the regular meeting on August 27, 1958." Includes index of roads. 61 x 61 cm.
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
The Boy Scouts of America are shown as they hand a fire safety poster to local businessman Albert A. Murray, owner of Murray's Sporting Goods, located at 317 North Boulevard. 1957
Ambulance on the grounds of a local plant (Esso?) as part of Fire Prevention Week Activities. Original located in the 1959 Fire Prevention Week Report. BRFD Collection.
Fire fighters, Muscular Dystrophy Associations of America
Fire Chief Edgar LeJeune with fire fighters posing for the Annual Muscular Dystrophy fund campaign. The Baton Rouge Fire Department partnered with the Baton Rouge Chapter of the American Muscular Dystrophy Association every year for the fund drive...
Fire Prevention Week Banquet attendees, left to right Woodrow Merritt, Master of Ceremonies, Fire Chief Sevier, Speaker Sidney Gray, and committee Chairman Ogden. Original located in the BRFD 1964 Scrapbook.
Chairman B.B. Smith of the stores exhibits committee demonstrates his automatic talking false alarm to a willing customer. Original located in the Fire Prevention Week Scrapbook, 1958.
Baton Rouge Fire Department Engine on the grounds of a local plant (Esso?) as part of Fire Prevention Week Activities. Original located in the 1959 Fire Prevention Week Report. BRFD Collection.
Betty McCurdy, Librarian Assistant in Circulation Department helping patrons Rodney Roth and Larry Fisher at the former Main Library. 700 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, La. Date: January, 1963