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

Goodwood, Baton Rouge, La.
Postcards, Historic buildings
Postcard: "Goodwood, Baton Rouge, La." Reverse reads: "Goodwood House was built in 1852 by Dr. S. G. Laycock on two thousand acre Goodwood Plantation, a part of a Royal Grant of the British Crown in 1776 to the Laycock family who still reside in...
Elizabeth Nichols Collection

Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts
Postcards, Hotels
Alamo Plaza Hotel Courts "Catering to those Who Care" 4443 Florida Boulevard, Baton Rouge, La.
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Carlos Spaht with Chinese Adjutant
Portraits, World War II--China
Carlos Spaht with Chinese Adjutant. Written on photo: "This is my Chinese Adjutant who has been with me for a year now, October 1944".
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Nouveau Outer Orleanians, Ltd. Extravaganza
African Americans--History
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 Room Collection

Hamilton "Ham" Farrar Richardson
Tennis players
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...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Confederate Monument
Monuments
Confederate Monument Third Street and North Boulevard, Baton Rouge, La. Plaque reads ""Erected by the men and women of East and West Baton Rouge to perpetuate the heroism and patriotic devotion of the noble soldiers from the two parishes who wore...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Confederate Monument
Monuments
Confederate Monument. Third and North Boulevard. A plaque at the base of this monument reads, "Erected by the men and women of East and West Baton Rouge to perpetuate the heroism and patriotic devotion of the noble soldiers from the two parishes...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Belle Helene, Plantation Portico
Historic buildings
Portico at Belle Helene. Construction on the house began in 1840, and completed by 1842 Duncan F. Kenner. In March 1889, the estate sold to George B. Reuss, an Ascension Parish planter who renamed the plantation to "Belle Helene" from Ashland for...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Daughters of Charity
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Leprosy--Hospitals
Daughters of Charity who worked at the Carville, La. Leprosarium (Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease (Leprosy) Center). Date Unknown
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Jack Christian and Wife at the Tournament of Roses Parade
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960, Tournament of Roses
Mayor-President Jack Christian of Baton Rouge, La. And Mrs. Christian, who attended recent New Year's Day Tournament of Roses Parade, were guests at Santa Anita Park of Mayor Robert Dennis of Arcadia, Ca. and Mrs. Dennis (left to right) Mayor and...
Jack Christian Collection

Attendees at a Reception Given by the Mayor of Lima
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960
People who attended the reception given the American Delegation by the Mayor of Lima, Peru Garcia Ribeyro. (left to right) Mrs. Richard W. Freeman, Patrick Healy, Matilda ?. (Top) Louis Solari, Doctor Portugal, Jack Christian, Millard White, Mrs....
Jack Christian Collection

Attendees at a Reception Given by the Mayor of Lima
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960
People who attended the reception given the American Delegation by the Mayor of Lima, Peru Garcia Ribeyro. Date: 1958.
Jack Christian Collection

Jimmie Davis, Jack Christian, and President Harry Truman
Mayors--Baton Rouge (La.)--1950-1960,Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, Davis, Jimmie, 1899-2000
Louisiana Governor Jimmie Davis, Baton Rouge Mayor Jack Christian (standing) and President Harry S. Truman who was visiting Baton Rouge in connection with the Kennedy-Johnson campaign. Date: October 22, 1960
Jack Christian Collection

Allene Knighten Clark
Baton Rouge (La.), African Americans--1950-1970
Allene Knighten Clark, who was married to Southern University Fleton G. Clark, in front of a map of Africa. Album: Social Groups 1
Willie Harris Collection

Sasha, the Baton Rouge Fire Department Mascot
Fire departments
Fire department mascot Sasha, who accompanies her engine company on all fire runs is shown here with fireman R. J. Robinson. Original located in the BRFD 1970 Scrapbook.
The Robert E. Bogan Fire Museum Collection

June 19, 1977: C. DeLores Tucker, Red River Waterway Project, Baker Golf, Electric Cars
Tucker, C. DeLores, Equal Rights Advocates, Red River (Tx. La.), Minorities--Employment, Golf, Electric Automobiles
(00:01-00:51) Louisiana Women's Conference, C. Delores Tucker as keynote speaker discusses the ERA (00:51-01:24) Baker Four Ball Golf Invitational (01:25- 02:01)The Red River Waterway project is opposed by the Louisiana Minority Peoples Council who...
WAFB Newsreel Films

October 7, 1976: Free Gary Tyler, Teacher Pay and Regional Transit, Fatal Car Accident
Capital Punishment, Petitions, Education Political aspects, Taxation, Automobile Accidents
(00:01-02:28) Protesters present petitions to Governor Edwards to free Gary Tyler who is on death row for the murder of 13 year old Timothy Weber during a 1974 racial disturbance at Destrahan High School when someone shot a gun out of a school bus....
WAFB Newsreel Films

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