The Baton Rouge Digital Archive from the East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Dr. Leo S. Butler
African Americans--History
Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Dr. Leo S. Butler
African Americans--History
Dr. Leo Stanley Butler was born August 12, 1899 in Burtville, a small community just south of Baton Rouge. He graduated from Baton Rouge Colored School in 1918. He was the first male to receive a diploma from what became McKinley. He completed both...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Camphor Memorial Wesleyan Service Guild
African Americans, Women--Societies and Clubs
Camphor Memorial Wesleyan Service Guild: 1st row (l. to r.) G.M. Handy, S.W. Walker, J.M. Cox, C. Jenkins, D.E. Carter, Miss Clarence Marie Collier, T.W. McDonald, B.E. Fleder, Adelle Jackson, Ethel London, W. L Wheelock and L. Smith (Guild...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Mrs. Betty Toepfer
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...
Oral Histories

1942 Map of Baton Rouge, La.
Baton Rouge (La.)--Maps
1942 map of Baton Rouge, La. And adjacent suburbs, "Compliments of Cotton's Holsum Bakers" compiled and drawn by E.R. Nilson map service. Verso has street index images of Holsum Bakery in Baton Rouge, description of the city. 54cm x 42 cm
Baton Rouge Room Maps

Official Street Map of Metropolitan Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge (La.), Maps
Adopted by the City and Parish councils as the official street map of East Baton Rouge Parish, April 22, 1953. Includes points of interest, general community information, street index and house numbering conventions. Sponsored by Ethyl...
Baton Rouge Room Maps

Nilson's Official Street Map of Metropolitan Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge (La.), Maps
An authentic street map compiled from private surveys, state surveys and official records of East Baton Rouge Parish. Approved by the City and Parish councils as the official street map of East Baton Rouge Parish February 8, 1956. Includes street...
Baton Rouge Room Maps

Mayor Dumas Receiving the Baker High School Blanket
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Woody Dumas receives the Baker High School blanket from the Baker High School student body president. The blanket signifies a two year letterman's award. Blanket reads "To Woody Dumas for 17 years of service to Baker High School". Date: 1965
Woody Dumas Collection

Mayor Woody Dumas and Mayor Jack Breaux
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Mayor Woody Dumas and Mayor Jack Breaux of Zachary, La. At the Hilton Hotel, Baton Rouge La. Honoring Dumas for 25 years of public service. Date: ca. 1970's
Woody Dumas Collection

Woody Dumas and Sam Germany
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
City-Parish employee, Sam Germany, receiving 40 year service award. Date: March 9, 1966
Woody Dumas Collection

Louisiana National Bank Official Street Map: City of Baton Rouge, 1965
Baton Rouge, La. , Maps
Compliments of Louisiana National Bank, 60 x 45 cm. Includes street index, insets of Port Allen and Zachary, La. Advertisement for Louisiana National Bank
Baton Rouge Room Maps

1940-1941 Library Statistics Pamphlet
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Pamphlet 1940-1941 marking two years of service. 12,996 Registered borrowers read 297,399 books, 89,406 people read books and magazines in the library reading room and 8,664 questions were answered by the reference...
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Mrs. Gueymard Receiving 30 Year Service
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Mrs. A.E. Gueymard receiving her 30 year service award from Mayor W.W. Dumas. Date: April 29, 1970
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Tillie Scheneker Recieving 30 Year Service Award
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Mrs. Tillie Scheneker receiving her 30 year Service Award from Mayor W.W. Dumas. Date: April 29, 1970
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

The Tug Boat Istrouma and Her Crew
Esso Standard Oil Company, Boats and boating
The Tug Boat Istrouma and her crew. Bought by the company in 1915 and used as a fire tug, it was retired from Esso Service in 1949. During its career, the boat and her crew helped to fight such memorable fires as the Great Kress Fire and the...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Esso-Standard Oil Safety Service Truck
Fire prevention, Esso Standard Oil Company
Esso-Standard Oil Safety Service Truck advertising National Fire Prevention Week, 1951. Original located in Fire Prevention Week: 1951 Report, BRFD Collection.
The Robert E. Bogan Fire Museum Collection

Harding Airfield Base Library Book List Number 1
Harding Field (La.), East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Printed ephemera
Harding Airfield Base Library Book List number 1. The Base library opened in September of 1941 and was discontinued in 1947, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Council began furnishing books for soldiers stationed at Harding Field during World...
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Harding Airfield Base Library Weekly Bulletin September 12-19, 1941
Harding Field (La.), East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Printed ephemera
Harding Airfield Base Library Weekly Bulletin September 12-19, 1941. Opened in September of 1941 and discontinued in 1947, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Council began furnishing books for soldiers stationed at Harding Field during World War...
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Belle Helene Plantation Home
Historic buildings
Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842. It was first named "Ashland" after U.S. statesman Henry Clay's plantation in Kentucky. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter....
Baton Rouge Room Collection

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