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.
Film footage taken on January 13, 1976 by WAFB television in Baton Rouge. This file has three segments: Overturned tanker on approach to Mississippi River Bridge, I-10 west bound (00:00-00:48), Steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi River in Baton...
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,...
Citizen's Bank & Trust Co. 1600 Main Street, Baton Rouge, La. Organized January 3, 1930, 1604 Main St., Baton Rouge, La. Approximate cost of construction was $50,000. Gift of Ed Reed.
Camphor Memorial Wesleyan Service Guild: 1st row (l. to r.) G.M. Handy, S.W. Walker, J.M. Cox, C. Jenkins, D.E. Carter, Miss Clarence Marie Collier, T.W. McDonald, B.E. Fleder, Adelle Jackson, Ethel London, W. L Wheelock and L. Smith (Guild...
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...
Carlos G. Spaht's (August 2, 1906 - April 29, 2001) Class at the Provost Marshal General's School in Fort Custer, Michigan. Spaht is remembered for having lost the Democratic gubernatorial runoff election in January 1952 to fellow Judge Robert F....
Garfield Housing Project in East Baton Rouge Parish. The article "Projects Can Be Heaven or Hell" examines the disparity between low income housing in white and black sections of the parish. Original taken from the Baton Rouge Community Leader Vol....
Baton Rouge, La.: YMCA building, downtown Baton Rouge. "Located at 311 Fourth Street [was demolished in 1967] and the site [was] turned into a parking lot with space for 75 cars...by B.B. Taylor, Jr., a local attorney." Taken from the State Times,...
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960, Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.)
"Robert Strub, Assistant General Manager of Los Angeles Turf Club, greets Mayor-President Jack Christian of Baton Rouge on the latter's recent visit to Santa Anita Park while on New Year's Holiday in California to attend Tournament of Roses. Mayor...
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960, Tournament of Roses
Mayor-President Jack Christian of Baton Rouge, La. And Mrs. Christian, who attended recent New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade, were guests at Santa Anita Park of Mayor Robert Dennis of Arcadia, Ca. and Mrs. Dennis (left to right) Mayor and...