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...
Capitol Avenue High School Class of 1953 at their 31st Annual Reunion. (Front Row .l to r.) Thelma Philips Davis, Carol Smith Johnson, Iola George Nicholson, Dorothy Carter Butler, Jacqueline Hall, Lillie Banks Smith, Sarah Anderson Williams, Mary...
Chairman B.B. Smith of the stores exhibits committee demonstrates his automatic talking false alarm to a willing customer. Original located in the Fire Prevention Week Scrapbook, 1958.
Fire Prevention Activities Planning Committee for Negro Schools in East Baton Rouge Parish. Seated from left to right are: Mrs. I. Nance Givens, Raymond Scott, Rev. E. White, H. Stewart, Jr., Mesdames Bennett, W. Williams, A.W. Jackson and E.S....
Ground breaking ceremonies for Plank Road Plaza (at Hooper Road). (From left) Charles Carter, contractor; Bilwood Smith, co-owner of Plank Road Plaza with Theo Cangelosi; Mayor-President Dumas, and Bodo Claus AIA of Claus and Claus, architects for...
Ground breaking for the Mid-City Library Branch. (from left): Ken Osterberger, City Council Member; Dempsey Williams, Jr. Library Board; Dewey Raborn, City Council; Dr. I. Ashton Robins; J. Burton LeBlanc, Library Board; Mayor W.W. Dumas; W. J....
L. to R. front row Maggie Westbrook, Elijah(?) Westbrook, Alice Montgomery Westbrook. Back Row Mable Westbrook Smith, holding Jewel, & Gertrude Westbrook Reed.
Mayor Dumas presides over the City Council (standing from left) John Allphin, R.T. Clegg, Gaston Gerald, Robert Williamson, A.R. Harris, Kenneth E. Osterberger (seated from left) Arthur F. Abadie, Goode Smith, Mayor Dumas, Dewey Raborn and Frank J....
Mayor President Jack Christian (rear) presides over Woody Dumas' third term on the Metro Council (Dumas resigned to run for mayor). The Council (from left) Goode Smith, Arthur F. Abadie, John Allphin, Bonnie B. Baker, Robert T. "Bobby" clag,...
East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools (East Baton Rouge Parish, La.)
Parents and Teachers at Walnut Hills Primary School's Founders' Day Program: Back Row (l. to r.): Mrs. N.G. Monget, Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. Hopper and Mrs. Francioni. Front Row (l. to. R.) Students Michael Sharp and Virginia Turpin.
School integration—Louisiana, Civil rights movement
Reverend Arthur T. Jelks, NAACP President (here at left) led this group of children to the Baton Rouge Junior High School in a futile attempt to register them at the school. Turning them away is R.L. Smith, school principal.
Scotlandville Senior High School Homecoming Court : 1966. Back Row standing (l. to r.): Michael Seals, ?, Vivian Sterling, Freddie Jackson, Connie Milligan, and Wilbur Augustus. Front row (l. to r.) ?, Veronica Harris, Arlene Gordon, and Willie...
Staff at the former Main Library 700 Laurel St. Baton Rouge, La. (front row l. to r.) Patricia Love, Betsy St. Julien, Mildred Ramsey, Viola Tuke. (second row, seated): Frances Sibley, unknown, Edith Abott, Winnie Dean Smith, Alyce Lyons Bennett,...
Stella Smith, Library Assistant in the Circulation Department with Jimmy Smith, Library Page at the former Main Library. 700 Laurel St. Baton Rouge, La. Date: November, 1958
The Camp Fire Girls held their 14th Annual Christmas Party to help the Goodfellows collect more than 1,200 toys for needy children at Baton Rouge Jr. High. (L. to r.) Blue Bird Julie Alsip, Horizon Clubs' Della Hayes and Camp Fire Girl Ellen Smith....