(l. to r.) Library Board Members Dr. Konikoff, Mr. Burt Turner, Mayor Jack Christian, Mr. Larry Ward, Mrs. Max Scheneker, Librarian; and Board Member Mr. Charles Manship. Date: 1958
Acie Belton (1916-1995) Belton was a leader in the Civil Rights movement in Baton Rouge. He was founder of the Baton Rouge Second Ward Voter's League, served on the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council and was a member of the East Baton Rouge...
Dr. Louis James Sr. (December 3-1921-November 7, 2007) Graduate of McKinley High School, Southern University and Howard School of Medicine. Served in the United States Army, was a member of Mt. Zion First Baptist Church and was the first African...
Funky Larry Jones WXOK Programming Director, Matt Morton, Tony Dean WXOK Disc Jockey, Council Woman Pearl George, Henry Crump and School Board Member Frank Millican celebrate Unity Day with WXOK and The Baton Rouge Community Leader. Taken from the...
Ground breaking for the Mid-City Library Branch. (from left): Ken Osterberger, City Council Member; Dempsey Williams, Jr. Library Board; Dewey Raborn, City Council; Dr. I. Ashton Robins; J. Burton LeBlanc, Library Board; Mayor W.W. Dumas; W. J....
Immunization Campaign against polio. (left to right) Dr. Thomas Gladney, Dr. Mullins, ?, Mayor Christian, and City Council member Woody Dumas. Date: August 15, 1962.
Junior League members at the national conference in Washington D.C. Baton Rouge League member Nina Pugh (in upper left quadrant marked with arrow) poses with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958. Original in 1950-1959 Junior League Scrapbook
Leaving for the 1961 Horizon Club Conference in Houston, Tx. are Mrs. William Palmer, Co-coordinator is in charge of the 80 member delegation of the East Baton Rouge Parish Council of Camp Fire Girls; Miss Betty Innes, and Miss Catherine Campbell,...
Louisiana Department of Highways presents Dr. I Ashton Roberts, member of the Library Board of Control books on safety to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Date: June 17, 1965
Mayor Dumas and School Board member Wally Wells sign transfer of land for City's acquisition of the Baton Rouge Junior High School Building. Date: 1966
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors, Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Mayor Woody Dumas with members of the National Association of Counties (NACo), of which he served as president and was still an active member at the time of this photo. Shown here with other NACo members and President Hubert Humphrey (third from...
Mrs. Tillie Scheneker, Librarian and Maurice B. Sachse, Library Board member at the opening of the North Baton Rouge Branch Library. Located at the corner of Plank Rd. and Winbourne St., at the time of its opening, this library was the largest in...
Reverend Lionel Lee, Sr. (January 1, 1930- July 25, 2001). Past Secretary General of the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Church, was pastor of Shady Grove, Evening Star and St. Joseph Baptist Churches. He was a prolific writer, and an active...
The Baton Rouge Sportsman's League presents books to the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. (l. to r.) Paul Brunett Vice President Sportsmen's League; Mayor W.W. Dumas, Mrs. Jules Landry, Library Board Member; and Mr. R.E. Leonard, President of Baton...
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....
Tillie Scheneker, Library Director and Dr. I Ashton Roberts, member of the Library Board of Control at the opening of the Zachary Branch of the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Date: November 1, 1966