Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
Funky Larry Jones WXOK Programming Director, Matt Morton, Tony Dean WXOK Disc Jockey, Council Woman Pearl George, Henry Crump and School Board Member Frank Millican celebrate Unity Day with WXOK and The Baton Rouge Community Leader. Taken from the...
Pasquale Amato (1878-1942). World renowned operatic baritone in the Twentieth Century, served as Director of Opera at Louisiana State University from 1935 to his death in 1942.
Baton Rouge (La.), Inter-American Congress of Municipalities, Mayors
Jack Christian is shown with Thomas A. Prevost, Regional Sales Manager for National Airlines and Mario Burmudez, Director of International Relations for the City of New Orleans, just before boarding a flight to Rio de Janeiro for the 7th annual...
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
Mayor Woody Dumas receiving Christmas plants grown by BRACA employees to raise funds. Author Jackson, BRACA Director, making the presentation. Date: ca. 1970's
Mayor Dumas and daughter Dianne cut ribbon to officially open Lobdell Avenue extension between Florida and Greenwell Springs Road. Standing behind Mayor (from left) ?,?,?, Councilman Author Abadie, Hal Burgess, ?, ?, ?, ? and Civil Defense...
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...
Tillie Scheneker, Library Director and Dr. I Ashton Roberts, member of the Library Board of Control at the opening of the Zachary Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Date: November 1, 1966
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...
(L. to r.) Tillie Scheneker, Mrs. Charles Morton, Director of LSU Library School, Essae M. Culver, State Librarian, and Mrs. Ella V. Aldrich Schwing at a Tea. Date: August 1962
(Left to right) Honorable Garcia Ribeyro, Mayor of Lima, Peru, Mrs. Jewel Toups, Director of Civil Defense, New Orleans, La., and Baton Rouge Mayor Jack Christian. Date: ca. 1958
Hotel Heidelberg, Baton Rouge, La. 250 rooms with bath; Ballroom; Private dining rooms; Convention and banquet accommodations, 3 air-conditioned restaurants and cocktail lounge; air-conditioned lobby, and many guest rooms. Mel J. Deinninger,...
Hotel Heidelberg, Baton Rouge, La. 250 rooms with bath; 100% air-conditioned; Ballroom; Private Dining Rooms; Convention and Banquet accommodations; exceptional delicious dining in three modern restaurants, and cocktail lounge. No charge for...
Baton Rouge High School Dance Band, 1951. Robert Belcher is the band director. Other members include John Butler, Sidney Miller, Freddy Yerings, Mary Alice Gilentine, Brooks Adams, Ed Terrebone, Donald Welsh, Cecil Burgoyne and Bill de Vries. ...
Baton Rouge High School Band Director, Robert Hughes stands at the intersection of North Boulevard and Church Street (now 4th) before a parade. City Club is in the back ground. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1951-1952