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

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

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

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

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

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

Community Service Brochure
Junior League of Baton Rouge, Printed ephemera
Community Service brochure featuring the Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing foundation and the Baton Rouge Arts and Science Center. 1970
The Junior League of Baton Rouge Collection

Hollywood Motel
Postcards, Motels--1950-1960
Hollywood Motel. U.S. Highways 61-65 & 190. Airline Highway Bypass, 4 miles Southeast of the Mississippi River Bridge. Reservations suggested. Telephone 5-772. Air-conditioned, phone in each room, tiled showers and tubs, vented & central air and...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

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

200 block of Laurel St. Looking West, Baton Rouge, La.
Streets
Baton Rouge, La. Downtown. View of 200 block of Laurel St. looking west. Quality Finance, Time Service Jewelers. Date: November, 1972. Color Slide.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

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

Invitation to a Gourmet Club Dinner
Printed ephemera
Invitation to a Gourmet Club dinner for/by Ernest Gueymard. February 22, 1961. The Gourmet Club of Baton Rouge was founded by Gueymard and Ralph H. Simms in 1960 "in order to enjoy the right atmosphere, and the proper quality of food and service....
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Invitation to Gourmet Club Dinner
Printed ephemera
Invitation to a Gourmet Club dinner for/by Ernest Gueymard. February 22, 1961. The Gourmet Club of Baton Rouge was founded by Gueymard and Ralph H. Simms in 1960 "in order to enjoy the right atmosphere, and the proper quality of food and service....
Baton Rouge Room Collection

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

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

Baton Rouge, ca. 1949
Maps, Baton Rouge (La.)
description Sponsored by Ethyl Corporation. Includes street guide, house numbering system, historical information, statistics. 89 x 55 cm. Call number 912.763 N695b.
Baton Rouge Room Maps

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

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

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