Integration at Istrouma High School. Two unidentified African American girls get their lunch at Istrouma High School in Baton Rouge. Three African American students integrated the school in September 1963 without incident.
Postcard: "Hotel Heidelberg. 250 Rooms Air Conditioned-Baton Rouge, La." on reverse "Hotel Heidelberg-Most beautiful hotel in the south-Air Conditioned-Baton Rouge, Louisiana-A Unit of "Roy Heidelberg's '1,000 Rooms of Hospitality' Other units are:...
Postcard:"Istrouma Hotel, Looking West. Baton Rouge, La." Written on front of card " We will write from Jackson, Miss. Saturday. Your letter received ok. That was no jolly, I meant every word of it. Gilbert" Addressed to "Edna Gibson 276 Main St....
Istrouma Hotel, 260 Third Street, Baton Rouge, La. Built in 1904, it contained 90 rooms. An annex built in 1924 also contained 90 rooms Demolished in 1969 by CapBank Corporation, a subsidiary of Capitol Bank and Trust Company, headed by attorney...
Postcard: "Baton Rouge. Live oak, with moss from which mattresses are made." Istrouma Hotel Series, Raphael Tuck & Son's Post Card Series No 2271. "Baton Rouge". Addressed to Mrs. W. H. Phillips 40 Laurel St. Malden, Mass. Post marked January 8,...
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
This trio of Boy Scouts from the Istrouma Area Council (left to right: Paul Tullier, Louis Herrington and Dennis Smith) deliver a poster to R.H. Anderson of J.C. Penny Co. in the Delmont Village Shopping Center for Fire Prevention Week, 1961
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State Spelling Certificate issued to Velma Poche of Istrouma High School for obtaining a perfect score in the State Spelling test. Taken from the 1930 scrapbook of Velma Poche. Date: May 1, 1922
The Tug Boat Istrouma and her crew. Bought by the company in 1915 and used as a fire tug, it was retired from Esso Service in 1949. During its career, the boat and her crew helped to fight such memorable fires as the Great Kress Fire and the...