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....
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...
Aerial view of administration building and hangars of the downtown Baton Rouge, La. Airport. Gift of Ed Reed. Photograph by Packwood photo services. Built for $200,000 Date: ca. 1930's
Postcards, Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)
Air view of the Louisiana State Capitol and grounds. Baton Rouge, La. The 34 story Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest building in the south with a height of 450 feet. Construction of the building was begun in 1931 on the site of the Old...
Baton Rouge (La.)--History, Teachers, World War II, United Service Organizations (U.S.), Catholic Church, Diocese of Baton Rouge (La.), Historic buildings, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
An oral history with Mrs. Betty Toepfer. She describes growing up in the Edgewood Lawn neighborhood of Baton Rouge and participation in the Sacred Heart Church and other Catholic Churches in Baton Rouge. Mrs. Toepfer lived in several historic...
Betty McCurdy, Librarian Assistant in Circulation Department helping patrons Rodney Roth and Larry Fisher at the former Main Library. 700 Laurel Street, Baton Rouge, La. Date: January, 1963
Carte de visite showing the north and west sides of the City Market in the foreground and the old East Baton Rouge Parish Court House (replaced in 1927). Ca. 1861