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

Aerial view of Standard Oil
Aerial photographs, Industrial facilities
Aerial view of Standard Oil. "The world's largest oil refinery. Capacity 110,000 barrels of oil per day." Photograph by Packwood. Date: ca. 1930's
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Aerial View of Downtown Baton Rouge Looking South
Aerial views
"Where rail and river meet for world commerce. The Mississippi at Baton Rouge is ample to navigate the largest ships afloat." Aerial view of Downtown Baton Rouge. Taken from the Souvenir edition of the Louisiana Chronicle Democrat. Date: May 6,...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Dr. Curtis "C.J." Gilliam
African Americans--History
Dr. Curtis "C.J." Gilliam [1922-1995] was a longtime Civil Rights activist and the first black optometrist in Baton Rouge. A former president of the Baton Rouge chapter of the NAACP, he was the first black Louisianan to enlist in the U.S. Marine...
Louisiana Black History Hall of Fame Collection

Pasquale Amato
Amato, Pasquale, Portraits
Pasquale Amato (1878-1942). World renowned operatic baritone in the Twentieth Century, served as Director of Opera at Louisiana State University from 1935 to his death in 1942.
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

Dumas Receives a Plaque of Appreciation from the U.S. Navy
Baton Rouge (La.), Mayors
Mayor Woody Dumas receives a plaque and a certificate of appreciation from the U.S. Navy. Dumas served in the Navy as a submariner during World War II and the Korean War. Date: 1970
Woody Dumas Collection

Chapel of the Madonna
Church buildings
Chapel of the Madonna in Point Pleasant, La. on Bayou Goula. This diminutive chapel stands north of the Nottoway Plantation on Bayou Goula. Signs for Madonna Chapel along River Rd. proclaim it to be the "Smallest Church in the World." It was built...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

World War II Display at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library
East Baton Rouge Parish Library
Display during World War II at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library. Date: 1940's
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Esso-Standard Oil Main Gates with Fire Prevention Week Banner
Fire departments, Fire prevention, Esso Standard Oil Company
The main gate at Esso-Standard Oil Company's refinery in Baton Rouge is shown here along with fire prevention sign over the entrance. The refinery is said to be the world's largest. Original located in the 1960 Fire Prevention Week Scrapbook
The Robert E. Bogan Fire Museum Collection

Interior of the Union Tank Car Company Geodesic Dome
Geodesic domes--1950-1960
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Union Tank Car Company Geodesic Dome
Geodesic domes--1950-1960
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Union Tank Car Company Geodesic Dome
Geodesic domes--1950-1960
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Union Tank Car Company Geodesic Dome
Geodesic domes--1950-1960
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Union Tank Car Company Geodesic Dome
Geodesic domes--1950-1960
The steel, geodesic dome was completed in 1958. Designed by designed by Thomas C. Howard of Synergetics, it was constructed by the Union Tank Car Company for use as a car barn. The dome had a diameter of 384 feet, at the time it was built, it was...
Baton Rouge Room Collection

Harding Airfield Base Library Book List Number 1
Harding Field (La.), East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Printed ephemera
Harding Airfield Base Library Book List number 1. The Base library opened in September of 1941 and was discontinued in 1947, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Council began furnishing books for soldiers stationed at Harding Field during World...
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Harding Airfield Base Library Weekly Bulletin September 12-19, 1941
Harding Field (La.), East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Printed ephemera
Harding Airfield Base Library Weekly Bulletin September 12-19, 1941. Opened in September of 1941 and discontinued in 1947, the East Baton Rouge Parish Library Council began furnishing books for soldiers stationed at Harding Field during World War...
East Baton Rouge Parish Library Historic Photographs

Carlos Spaht and a Chinese General
Portraits, World War II--China
Carlos Spaht and a Chinese General. Written on photo "Chinese General and Wife. This is the general I made the long pack trip with last April and May, October 1944".
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

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