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    • Children eating & drinking; African Americans; First Ward Colored School (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Classrooms

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Lunch hour - Second Ward Colored School - nurse and teacher in rear. 1948." Image depicts children eating lunch in a classroom. Despite caption, image probably depicts First Ward School and was taken in 1950.
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Frank Perry and family

    • Frank Perry and family

    • Families; African Americans; Children

    • Newspaper photograph and caption: "Frank Perry, father of young Dr. Frank Perry whose story appears in the current Saturday Evening Post, is shown with his great-niece, Pamela Ann Perry, and great-nephew, Lionel Perry, Jr., on the porch of the...
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Safety Patrol

    • Safety Patrol

    • School crossing guards; Boys; African Americans; Police; Uniforms; First Ward Colored School (Lake Charles, La.);

    • Newspaper photographs of young men with crossing guard belts and men in uniform. Caption by Maude Reid: "Safety Patrol in City Negro Schools... Sgt. Fontenot, who organized the patrols, is at the left."
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Shell Beach Road

    • Shell Beach Road

    • Oaks; Spanish moss; Walking; Shell Beach Drive (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; African Americans

    • A view of Shell Beach Rd. The left side is lined with houses and fences. The right side lined with moss covered oaks. Two men talking on the side of the road and two people walking in the distance.
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Junior Police

    • Junior Police

    • School crossing guards; African Americans; W.O. Boston High School (Lake Charles, La.);

    • Newspaper photographs with captions: "Wesley Foreman guides one of the smaller students acrosss the street while Thaddius Mayfield and Edward McKinley halt traffic" and "With T.P. Fontenot are (first row) Thadduis Mayfield, Edward McKinley, Wesley...
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Child labor

    • Child labor

    • Child labor; African Americans; Nurses; Reid, Maude, 1882-1978--Portraits; Grocers; Grocery stores; Boys

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "The acting visiting teacher, Maude Reid, enter a small neighborhood grocery to instruct the proprietor regarding our child labor laws and solicit her cooperation in protecting our young children by observance of these laws....
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • "Rite in it"

    • "Rite in it"

    • Baptisms; Waterfronts; Dwellings; Trees; Spanish moss; African Americans; Calcasieu River--Pictorial works; Clothing & dress; Rites & Ceremonies

    • A group baptism in the water. Trees with Spanish moss on the edge of the water. Dwellings in the background.
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • William Proshee

    • William Proshee

    • African Americans; Vendors, Street; Clothing & dress

    • Portrait of William who sold Boo-Hoo cakes and muffins. Page includes two newspaper articles: "Top-Hatted William will sell those 'Boo-Hoo' cakes again at end of war" by Edwin Knapp and "Aged Lake Charles Negro Dies in Fire as Home Destroyed" by...
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • The Chicken Thief Bunch

    • The Chicken Thief Bunch

    • Group portraits; Loggers; Police; Restaurants; Barbers; Conductors; Merchants; Men; African Americans; Railroad Avenue (Lake Charles, La.)--Pictorial works; Bars

    • Caption reads in part: "The Chicken Thief Bunch. Photograph taken in front of Richard Sarvaunt's restaurant and bar on 'Battle Row' between Reid and Kirkman Streets. Notice the board advertising 'Oyster Stew, 10 cents.' Reading from left to...
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Reiser Machine Shop

    • Reiser Machine Shop

    • Machine shops; Gearing; Pipes; Horses; Young adults; Men; African Americans; Carts & wagons; Clothing & dress

    • Men and young men proudly display their work. The shop was located on Pine Street near the lake front and was well known for its marine and irrigation work, mill and locomotive repair, and boiler making.
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana
    • Public health nurses

    • Public health nurses

    • Reid, Maude, 1882-1978--Portraits; Nurses; Mayors; Uniforms; African Americans;

    • Caption by Maude Reid: "Maude with the group of graduate nurses who worked under her supervision as public health nurses during the spring of 1934 - through the measles epidemic". Those pictured include: Emma Osborn, Edith Schepp, Eva Brashear,...
    • Historic Photographs of Southwest Louisiana

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