African Americans--History, United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Junior ROTC Rifle Team at Capitol Senior High School. Won first place in the over all Fourth Annual East Baton Rouge Parish Invitational Air Rifle match March 10, 1979, held at Glen Oaks High School. Front row left to right C/MAJ Lindacolar,...
Mayor Woody Dumas and the 1969-1972 City Parish Council of Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish. Seated left to right: William S. Day, Jr., Ken Osterberger, Mayor W.W. Dumas, Calvin Gaynell "Gus" Kinchen, V.M. "Lank" Corsentino. Standing left to...
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....
Trained Firemen with Chief Bogan (right) during Fire Prevention Week 1950 Original located in School Report of Activities Fire Prevention Week October 8-14-1950 Vol. 2 (Negro Section) BRFD Collection
View of the 200 block of St. Philip Street in Baton Rouge. Center home belonged to Joseph Geblin, house on right was "Old Ringol Home" ca. 1900. Demolished February, 1973 to make way for the new Municipal complex.
Winbourne Elementary School. Third Grade Class of 1953. First Row left to right: Lynda Kay Harms, Kay Gilpin, Gayle Bracken, Chevis Newman, Jack Vaugh, Terry Cooper. Second Row: Alvin Ballard, James Burt, Anita Bryant, Virginia Moore, Eileen...
Trained Firemen with Chief Bogan (right) in front of the Laurel Street Fire Station during Fire Prevention Week 1950. Original located in School Report of Activities Fire Prevention Week October 8-14-1950 Vol. 2 (Negro Section) BRFD Collection
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Nouveau Outer Orleanians, Ltd. Extravaganza held at the Laborer's Union Hall. The group is composed of men who formerly lived in New Orleans, but now reside in Baton Rouge. The group has two purposes, to provide social activities for members and...
Baton Rouge High School Wood Wind Ensemble, 1951. Left to right: Marie Reynaud, Denise Jones, Louis Berdon and Heather Hanman. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1951-1952.
Baton Rouge High School Clarinet Trio, 1951. Left to right: John Butler, Sidney Miller and Fred Young. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1951-1952
Baton Rouge High School German Band. Left to right: Larry Dawson, Jack Pierce, Gay Ikerd, Charles Madere, Pete Woodman. Taken from Baton Rouge High School Band Scrapbook 1952-1953.
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...
Judges and winners of the Miss Esso 1953 contest. Left to right: John Ferguson of WAFB TV; Beverly Braud-first place; Mrs. Jan Sharp of Jan's Studio; Claudia Bennett-third place; Ernest Gueymard managing editor of the Baton Rouge State Times and...
Florence Coffee House, 132 Main St. built ca. 1852. Built by Nelson Potts to replace a wood frame coffee house that burned down several years earlier. Attached on right the Ice House which was razed in 2003.