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. Downtown. Historic Marker for Gras-Devall Plaza. 4th and Main Sts. "These four corners were dedicated for public use in 1809 by Antonio Gras and Edith and Richard Devall. A market was to be in the center and the corners used for...
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.
Mayor Dumas with members of his administration (l. to r.) Bert Roussel, Director of Finance; Ben Peabody Jr., Administrative Officer; and Bob Law, Assistant Director of the Department of Public Works. Date: 1960's
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
"Monument to Education" an avant garde sculptor built ca. 1985, formerly located on the corner of Clay Cut Road and Jefferson Highway. The sculpture was dismantled and moved to storage by the Baton Rouge Department of Public Works in 2009.
Greater Baton Rouge Education. An overview of education in Baton Rouge. Public, Private, Colleges and Universities. Published by the Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, 1978. Original in Baton Rouge Room Vertical Files
East Baton Rouge Parish (La.)--Politics and government, Printed ephemera
Capital Improvements Program 1969-1973. City of Baton Rouge-Parish of East Baton Rouge Planning Commission. Includes public building projects such as the Municipal Complex, Civic Auditorium and Libraries. Other infrastructure improvements and...
Margaret Reed Gueymard , East Baton Rouge Parish Public Library; Essae M. Culver, State Librarian; Edith Atkinson, State Library; and Ruth Ferguson, State Library with U.S. Soldiers at the Harding Field Base Library. Baton Rouge, La. Date: ca. 1945
Alvin Davis and men from the Public Works Department moving furniture and shelving to the North Baton Rouge Branch Library. Located at the corner of Plank Rd. and Winbourne St., at the time of its opening, this library was the largest in the...
Tree Planting Ceremony at the Mid-City Branch Library. (l. to r.) Dr. Clara Tucker, Chairwoman of the City Beautification Commission; Dick McEwen, Executive Director of the City Parish Planning Commission; Tillie Scheneker, Librarian; Mr. Goode...
Ground breaking ceremonies for the Mid City Branch Library Expansion. (L. to r.) Sallie Farrell, State Librarian; Dr. I. Ashton Robins, Library Board; Fire Chief Muller; Mrs. Jules F. Landry, Library Board President; unknown, Mrs. Max Scheneker;...