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.
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
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,...
Postcards, Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
Postcard: "Avenue of Oaks, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A." [Old campus]. Published by Litho Chrome. Addressed to Mr. Sidney Simpson, #504 Arabella St., New Orleans, La. Postmarked August 23, 1906
Bob Livingston (b. April 30, 1943), served as the first Republican since Reconstruction to represent New Orleans in Congress from 1977 until his resignation in 1999 after he revealed he had had an extra-marital affair. From 1995 through 1998,...
Final closing of $30,100,000 bonds for the new Civic Center Complex in Baton Rouge. The closing took place at the Hibernia National Bank in New Orleans. Date: September 27, 19-
Postcard: "Community Club, Baton Rouge, La." Published by E.C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee. Postmarked April 25, 1927, New Orleans." Once located on the corner of St. Anthony St. (now 7th and Florida Boulevard).
Dr. Alvin Batiste November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007. Considered a founder of modern New Orleans jazz, Batiste was a long time instructor at Southern University where he created the Batiste Jazz Institute and taught the likes of Branford Marsalis,...
African Americans--History, Leland College (Baker, La.)
Entrance to Leland College, Baker, La. Leland University was established in New Orleans, La. in 1870. Primarily a school for African Americans, the university was open to all races. Leland originated and was carried on for the purpose of...
Everett Williams Educator Everett Williams , the first black to serve as superintendent of the Orleans Parish School System. Inducted into the Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame in 1990.
Hamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson, right, (August 24, 1933 - November 5, 2006)from Baton Rouge, La. He was the top ranked tennis player in the United States in 1956 and 1958. Richardson was a Rhodes Scholar who attended Tulane University in New...
Postcard: "High School, Baton Rouge, La." [Baton Rouge High School 2825 Government St.] Written on back: "[addressed to] Miss Alice Broussard 1480 N. Johnson St. New Orleans, La. Dear Alice, Just re'cd your letter am glad to hear you are having a...
Baton Rouge (La.), Inter-American Congress of Municipalities, Mayors
Jack Christian is shown with Thomas A. Prevost, Regional Sales Manager for National Airlines and Mario Burmudez, Director of International Relations for the City of New Orleans, just before boarding a flight to Rio de Janeiro for the 7th annual...
(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