Suydam Collection - Florida street (Baton Rouge, La.)

Florida street (Baton Rouge, La.)


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Full Size Viewing Image #1394006 (recto) Full Size Viewing Image #1394006 (verso) Suydam Collection MSS 1394006       Image Date: Circa 1863
Caption:       Frontview State Penitentiary In foreground tents of Battery L 1st Artillery.
Notes:          The building covered the entire block between Florida and Laurel, bounded on the west by st. Anthony (now North Seventh.) [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 76; image, p. 77.]
Photographer:       Ascribed to Lytle, A.D., Baton Rouge
Image Format:      Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in
Full Size Viewing Image #1394008 (recto) Full Size Viewing Image #1394008 (verso) Suydam Collection MSS 1394008       Image Date: Circa 1863
Caption:       Provost Marshell's office. Baton Rouge La.
Notes:          In 1863 the Provost Marshal's office was in Pike's Row, which extended east on Florida street along its north side from the corner of Third. [East, "Civil War Album," text, p. 57; image, p. 56.]
Photographer:      Ascribed to McPherson & Oliver, Baton Rouge
Image Format:     Carte de visite - 4in. x 2.5in

 

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