Capital Punishment, Petitions, Education Political aspects, Taxation, Automobile Accidents
(00:01-02:28) Protesters present petitions to Governor Edwards to free Gary Tyler who is on death row for the murder of 13 year old Timothy Weber during a 1974 racial disturbance at Destrahan High School when someone shot a gun out of a school bus....
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960, Morrison, deLesseps S. (deLesseps Story), 1912-1964
(left to right) Baton Rouge Mayor-President Jack Christian, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana (1966-1977) Alvin Rubin and New Orleans Mayor Chep Morrison. Location unknown. Date: March 12, 1958
(Left to right) Honorable Garcia Ribeyro, Mayor of Lima, Peru, Mrs. Jewel Toups, Director of Civil Defense, New Orleans, La., and Baton Rouge Mayor Jack Christian. Date: ca. 1958
1894 map of Baton Rouge "Compiled expressly for City Directory". Lists public buildings and churches. Circles represent location of street arc lamps. M.F. Dunn & Bro. Lithographers, New Orleans.
Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)--History, Printed ephemera
"Louisiana Capitol Guide" A guide to Louisiana's New State Capitol and the surrounding grounds. Published by the Department of Commerce and Industry ca. 1960
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...
Advertisement for the Gulf Coast Rail Lines "Best Between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge and Texas". Taken from the Souvenir edition of the Louisiana Chronicle Democrat. Date: May 6, 1916
Aerial view of Arsenal Park taken from top of New State Capitol. Built in 1838, it was important to development of the southwest, as well as the Mexican War and the Civil War. Later it became part of Louisiana State University, served as library...
Aerial view of downtown Baton Rouge showing Front St. (River Road), New State Capital and Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Taken by Sgt. Johnston of the Baton Rouge Police Department. Date: March 10, 1961
American Delegation being received by the President of Peru. (Left to right) Charles Ertola, Adolfo Dammert, Mayor Louis Solari; San Jose, Ca, Councilman W.H. Bernhard; Baton Rouge, La. Mayor James Kinsella; Hartford, Ct., Jack Christian,...
Baton Rouge, La. Aerial view of Downtown Baton Rouge and Mississippi River looking South. Taken from top of New State Capitol. November, 1959. Color slide.