The Baton Rouge Digital Archive from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Belle Helene Plantation Home
Historic buildings
Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter....
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Exterior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Historic Marker for Gras-Devall Plaza
Baton Rouge (La.), Historic markers
Baton Rouge, La. Downtown. Historic Marker for Gras-Devall Plaza. 4th and Main Sts. "These four corners were dedicated for public use in 1809 by Antonio Gras and Edith and Richard Devall. A market was to be in the center and the corners used for...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Interior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Interior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Interior of the Lincoln Theater
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Invitation to a Gourmet Club Dinner
Printed ephemera
Invitation to a Gourmet Club dinner for/by Ernest Gueymard. February 22, 1961. The Gourmet Club of Baton Rouge was founded by Gueymard and Ralph H. Simms in 1960 "in order to enjoy the right atmosphere, and the proper quality of food and service....
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Invitation to Gourmet Club Dinner
Printed ephemera
Invitation to a Gourmet Club dinner for/by Ernest Gueymard. February 22, 1961. The Gourmet Club of Baton Rouge was founded by Gueymard and Ralph H. Simms in 1960 "in order to enjoy the right atmosphere, and the proper quality of food and service....
Baton Rouge Room Collection

June 19, 1977: C. DeLores Tucker, Red River Waterway Project, Baker Golf, Electric Cars
Tucker, C. DeLores, Equal Rights Advocates, Red River (Tx. La.), Minorities--Employment, Golf, Electric Automobiles
(00:01-00:51) Louisiana Women's Conference, C. Delores Tucker as keynote speaker discusses the ERA (00:51-01:24) Baker Four Ball Golf Invitational (01:25- 02:01)The Red River Waterway project is opposed by the Louisiana Minority Peoples Council who...
WAFB Newsreel Films

Lincoln Theater Box Office
African Americans--History,Theaters
The Historic Lincoln Theatre, 1305 Myrtle Walk, Baton Rouge, La. was opened in 1951. The theater served Baton Rouge's African American community during Segregation. Performers such as Otis Redding, the Four Tops and Louis Armstrong performed here....
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Louisiana State Capitol Postcard
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
Louisiana State Capitol. Thirty four stories high. Tallest building in the South being 450 feet high. There are 249,000 square feet of usable floor space Cost of Capitol $5,000,000. Over 30 varieties of marble and stone were used in its...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Louisiana State Capitol Postcard
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
Louisiana State Capitol. Thirty four stories high. Tallest building in the South being 450 feet high. There are 249,000 square feet of usable floor space Cost of Capitol $5,000,000. Over 30 varieties of marble and stone were used in its...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Mayor Jesse Webb Reading to his Children
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Baton Rouge Mayor Jesse Webb with his four children celebrating National Book Week. Date: 1954
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

North Boulevard, January 10, 1970
African Americans, Government, Resistance to
North Boulevard. Four men identified as Black Muslims stand atop a car as the block the street prior to a shootout between blacks and police that left two officers and one black dead. January 10, 1970. Baton Rouge, La.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Picket at Istrouma High School
School integration—Louisiana
Picket Against Integration at Istrouma High School. Police take a sign from a white picket in front of Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge as four African American students integrated the school. September 3, 1963
Baton Rouge Room Collection

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