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

1885 Official Map of the City of Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge, La.
Offical map of the City of Baton Rouge showing streets, public buildings, churches, and includes a table of original subdivisions. 63cm x 55cm
Baton Rouge Room Maps

1929 Classified Buyer's Guide for Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Printed ephemera
Directory of Businesses in the Baton Rouge area. Includes advertisements, topical and alphabetical listing of service providers. 95 pages, 22 cm x 14 cm.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

1964 Officers of the Spinster's Club
Clubs and Organizations
1964 Officers of the Spinster's Club. L. to r. Missie Powers, Harriet Babin, Sandra Constantino, and Margaret Champagne. Shown here at a tea held at the Goodwood Plantation, the home of Ms. Anna Belle Babin Original located in 1961-65 Spinster's...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

"Dixie"by Daniel Emmett
Emmett, Daniel Decatur, 1815-1904, United Daughters of the Confederacy
"Dixie" by Daniel Emmett. Facsimile of the original score originally written in 1859. Published by the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

"The Back Stage" August 17-31, 1981 Vol. 1 No. 4.
Music, Printed ephemera
"The Back Stage" August 17-31, 1981 Vol. 1 No. 4. Baton Rouge's Entertainment Magazine Van Halen, Smokie Robinson. Coming attractions, advertisements for music related businesses in Baton Rouge, festivals and radio stations. Original part of the...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

A Walking Tour of Historic Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge (La.)—History, Printed ephemera
"A Walking Tour of Historic Baton Rouge" by Charles East, 1963. B&W 30 historic sites in Baton Rouge with descriptions. Some illustrations. 8pgs. Original located in Baton Rouge Guides Collection
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Administration Building of Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.)--History
Administration building [on the original] Louisiana State University. Taken from the Souvenir edition of the Louisiana Chronicle Democrat. Date: May 6, 1916
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Advertisement for American Art Week Celebration, 1958
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 Room Collection

Advertisement for Reymond's Department Store
Printed ephemera
Advertisement for Reymond's "Young Men's Store" spring line. Formerly located at 251 Third St.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Advertisement for the Jaguar Lounge
African Americans--History, Bars (Drinking establishments)
Advertisement for the Jaguar Lounge. Original taken from the Baton Rouge Community Leader Newspaper December 27-30, 1979 Vol. 38 No. 52
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Ambulance on the Grounds of a Baton Rouge Plant
Fire prevention, Industrial facilities
Ambulance on the grounds of a local plant (Esso?) as part of Fire Prevention Week Activities. Original located in the 1959 Fire Prevention Week Report. BRFD Collection.
The Robert E. Bogan Fire Museum Collection

Attendees at the Fire Prevention Week 1964 Banquet
Fire departments, Fire prevention
Fire Prevention Week Banquet attendees, left to right Woodrow Merritt, Master of Ceremonies, Fire Chief Sevier, Speaker Sidney Gray, and committee Chairman Ogden. Original located in the BRFD 1964 Scrapbook.
The Robert E. Bogan Fire Museum Collection

August 27, 1976: The History of Crop Dusting in Louisiana
Crop dusting, Airplanes
Norman Watson of Watson Aeronautics, Napoleonville, La. discusses the history of his crop dusting business (11:55). Original format is 16 mm with audio. Digitized file is mp4.
WAFB Newsreel Films

August 30, 1976: Stop Rape Crisis Center, A Baton Rouge Midwife, Conserving Energy in the Schools
Rape--Prevention, East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools (East Baton Rouge Parish, La.), Energy conservation, Midwives, African Americans,
Beauregard Town rape , serial rapists, controversy at the District Attorney's Federally funded Stop Rape Crisis Center(00:00-04:10), Baton Rouge midwife (04:11-11:16), conserving energy in Baton Rouge schools (11:17-13:00). Original format is 16 mm...
WAFB Newsreel Films

August 9, 1976: Deck and Lily Schlaudecker's Life in Amite, La.
Broom and brush industry, Automobiles, Blind persons, Amite City (La.)
Deck and Lily Schlaudecker of Amite, La. Blind broom maker and his wife discuss their broom and mop making business, life in Amite, La. overcoming Deck's disability. Views of Amite as Lily drives Vernon Roget around in her 1936 Coup. (8:56)...
WAFB Newsreel Films

B.B. Smith Demonstrates an Automatic Fire Alarm
Fire departments, Fire prevention
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.
The Robert E. Bogan Fire Museum Collection

Ballot for 1940 General State Election
Ballots, Elections--Louisiana
Ballot for the general election (state) April 16, 1940 with East Baton Rouge Parish results written in pencil or typed original in 1938 Registrar of Voters Scrapbook
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Bank of Baton Rouge Interior
Historic Buildings, Banks
Mr. August Streuzki, one of the original directors of the Bank of Baton Rouge, inside the bank. 416 Third St. Baton Rouge, La. Date: c. 1900. b/w photograph. Gift of Camille Cazedessus
Cazedessus Collection

Bank of Baton Rouge, Interior
Historic Buildings, Banks
Bank of Baton Rouge interior view. Standing (left to right) Willie Randolph, D. Cazedessus (in cage), August Streuzki, one of the original directors of the Bank of Baton Rouge, Eugene Cazedessus (in cage) and Alex Grouchy. 416 Third St., Baton...
Cazedessus Collection

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