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
Mayor Dumas with members of his administration (l. to r.) Bert Roussel, Director of Finance; Ben Peabody Jr., Administrative Officer; and Bob Law, Assistant Director of the Department of Public Works. Date: 1960's
Claudia Arceneaux, Patron; Karen Willis, Patron; Mary de Vane Scearce, Librarian in Circulation Department; and Walter Brown, Page; look at a collection of old Valentines at the former Main Library, 700 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, La. Date: January,...
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
Stella Smith, Library Assistant in the Circulation Department with Jimmy Smith, Library Page at the former Main Library. 700 Laurel St. Baton Rouge, La. Date: November, 1958
Ida Rice and Gladys Brown, Library Assistants in the Circulation Department at the former Main Library, 700 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, La. Date: November, 1958
Mildred Ramsey with a group of young readers in the Children's Department at the former Main Library, 700 Laurel St., Baton Rouge, La. Date: November, 1958
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...
"Monument to Education" an avant garde sculptor built ca. 1985, formerly located on the corner of Clay Cut Road and Jefferson Highway. The sculpture was dismantled and moved to storage by the Baton Rouge Department of Public Works in 2009.
Alvin Davis and men from the Public Works Department moving furniture and shelving to the North Baton Rouge Branch Library. Located at the corner of Plank Rd. and Winbourne St., at the time of its opening, this library was the largest in the...
Tree Planting Ceremony at the Mid-City Branch Library. (l. to r.) Dr. Clara Tucker, Chairwoman of the City Beautification Commission; Dick McEwen, Executive Director of the City Parish Planning Commission; Tillie Scheneker, Librarian; Mr. Goode...
Mayor President Jack Christian of Baton Rouge signs the Fire Prevention Week Proclamation as Baton Rouge Fire Chief Robert A. Bogan, left and Wharton A. LeBlanc, general chairman of Fire Prevention Week 1957 activities, look on.
Main speakers of the Fire Prevention Week banquet were, left to right Max Fetty, master of ceremonies, Dr. Elwood Rowsey, principal speaker and Fire Chief Robert A. Bogan. 1957
Mayor President Jack Christian of Baton Rouge signs the Fire Prevention Week Proclamation as Assistant Fire Chief Frank O' Callahan, left and Wharton A. LeBlanc, general chairman of Fire Prevention Week 1958 activities, look on. Original located in...
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.