Group photo taken by McLeod of Happy Hollow, Hot Springs Arkansas. Eugene Cazedessus seated front row left. Date: 1896. b/w photograph. Gift of Camille Cazedessus
Bob Livingston (b. April 30, 1943), served as the first Republican since Reconstruction to represent New Orleans in Congress from 1977 until his resignation in 1999 after he revealed he had had an extra-marital affair. From 1995 through 1998,...
School integration—Louisiana, Civil rights movement
Reverend Arthur T. Jelks, NAACP President (here at left) led this group of children to the Baton Rouge Junior High School in a futile attempt to register them at the school. Turning them away is R.L. Smith, school principal.
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....
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....
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
Camp Fire Girls preparing for the 1957 annual candy sale. (L. to r.) Julie Wilson, Kathy Mixon, and Betty Abercrombie of the Otandanka Group, Walnut Hills School. Date: March, 1957
Camp Fire Girls present the East Baton Rouge Parish Library with copies of the organization's recent publications. Judy Welch, Toni Allen, and Alexis Schexnayder, seventh graders at Central School and members of the Chesk Cha May group make the...
The first box of candy in the Blue Bird's annual sale went to Mayor-President Jack Webb. Pictured here with his daughter Kathy, a member of the Howell Park Blue Bird group. Profits from the candy sale go to make improvements at Camp Ruth Lee....