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
On December 15, 1961 approximately 2000 people peacefully marched through downtown Baton Rouge to protest the arrest of 23 Southern University students the day before for picketing restaurants that continued to refuse to serve African Americans. ...
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...
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...
Old Governor's Mansion, 502 North Blvd, Baton Rouge, La. Served as the Louisiana Arts and Sciences Center at the time of this photograph. Date: ca. 1960
Downtown Baton Rouge: Front Street (now River Road), looking north from Government St. I.C.R.R. Depot [Yazoo and Mississippi River Valley Depot], Old State Capitol. October 1959. Color slide.
Downtown Baton Rouge: Front Street (now River Road), looking north from Government St. I.C.R.R. Depot [Yazoo and Mississippi Valley], Old State Capitol. Demolition of (?) October 1959. Color slide.
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....