"Snow White Float" Sponsored by the Baton Rouge Elk's Club. The float won second prize. Photo by Baton Rouge Police Department. Mardi Gras. February 6, 1951.
American Delegation being received by the President of Peru. (Left to right) Charles Ertola, Adolfo Dammert, Mayor Louis Solari; San Jose, Ca, Councilman W.H. Bernhard; Baton Rouge, La. Mayor James Kinsella; Hartford, Ct., Jack Christian,...
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...
Close-up of front steps at Llanfair, the home of Dr. and Mrs. Whyte Glendower Owen was/is located on the Mississippi River at White Castle, La. Built by John Hambden Randolph of Virginia. Wide cornices are/were supported by twenty square columns....
Construction of the dock facilities of the Port of Greater Baton Rouge just below Port Allen, La. The Large white tank structure is the grain elevator which was put into operation in 1955. Dock construction was completed in the Fall of 1955.
East Baton Rouge Parish Council Camp Fire Girls serving luncheon for United Givers Fund report meeting. (L. to r.) H.H. Manners, Col. J. Lester White, Preston Barnes, Jr. and Camp Fire Girls: Toni Post and Susanne Comeaux. Date: 1955
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....
First Presbyterian Church, 701 North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, La. Construction was completed in 1926 for an approximate cost of $300,000. Built in the Gothic style with red brick and white sandstone trim. Gift of Ed Reed. Photograph by Ewing, Inc....
Garfield Housing Project in East Baton Rouge Parish. The article "Projects Can Be Heaven or Hell" examines the disparity between low income housing in white and black sections of the parish. Original taken from the Baton Rouge Community Leader Vol....