Directory of Businesses in the Baton Rouge area. Includes advertisements, topical and alphabetical listing of service providers. 95 pages, 22 cm x 14 cm.
1964 Officers of the Spinster's Club. L. to r. Missie Powers, Harriet Babin, Sandra Constantino, and Margaret Champagne. Shown here at a tea held at the Goodwood Plantation, the home of Ms. Anna Belle Babin Original located in 1961-65 Spinster's...
"A Walking Tour of Historic Baton Rouge" by Charles East, 1963. B&W 30 historic sites in Baton Rouge with descriptions. Some illustrations. 8pgs. Original located in Baton Rouge Guides Collection
American Artists Professional League, Community arts projects, Printed ephemera
Advertisement for American Art Week Celebration at the Old Governor's Mansion. Celebrated annually in the first week of November. Sponsored by the American Artists Professional League beginning in 1930. Each year, hundreds of applicants from all 50...
The Boy Scouts of America are shown as they hand a fire safety poster to local businessman Albert A. Murray, owner of Murray's Sporting Goods, located at 317 North Boulevard. 1957
Ambulance on the grounds of a local plant (Esso?) as part of Fire Prevention Week Activities. Original located in the 1959 Fire Prevention Week Report. BRFD Collection.
Arlington Perrodin, owner and chef of Didee's Restaurant. Located at 112 N. 12th St. from 1960-197? Famous for Didee's King Duck, the restaurant received national attention for its unique cuisine. Photo taken from the Baton Rouge Community...
Carte de Visite showing the Asylum for the Deaf and Blind in Baton Rouge. During the Civil War, the asylum was used as a hospital. Located on St. Ferdinand St. and South Boulevard. Date: Ca. 1861
Fire Prevention Week Banquet attendees, left to right Woodrow Merritt, Master of Ceremonies, Fire Chief Sevier, Speaker Sidney Gray, and committee Chairman Ogden. Original located in the BRFD 1964 Scrapbook.
Chairman B.B. Smith of the stores exhibits committee demonstrates his automatic talking false alarm to a willing customer. Original located in the Fire Prevention Week Scrapbook, 1958.
Advertisement for the Bank of Baton Rouge located at 416 N. 3rd Street. Taken from the Souvenir edition of the Louisiana Chronicle Democrat. Date: May 6, 1916
Baton Rouge Fire Department Engine on the grounds of a local plant (Esso?) as part of Fire Prevention Week Activities. Original located in the 1959 Fire Prevention Week Report. BRFD Collection.
"It is the purpose of this summary to provide the interested individual with essential facts in the background of Baton Rouge as a market for commodities..." 8 pages; 27 cm x 21 cm.