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Collection 608

Henry Langston McEachern Photographic Collection, 1941-2008.

Box Photo No. Description Date

I. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS

Best of 1955

1 1. Private First Class M.D. Boyette, U.S. Marine Corps, kisses

his wife Irene while daughter Rita Sue hugs his leg Aug. 29, 1950

2.

1949 Shreveport Soapbox Derby champion Paul M. Jeter,

12, of 2739 Lindholm Street, proudly displays his W.F.

Armstrong award sitting in his racer “R.S.J.O.” (#11)

sponsored by the Junior Optimists

Jul. 23, 1949

3.

1950 Shreveport Soapbox Derby champion Gerry Woolley,

12, of 2829 Elm Street, proudly displays his T. H. Keating

award sitting in his racer “Black Magic” (#15)

Jul. 22, 1950

4. “Just Married”: Mr. and Mrs. John Mahoney, Jr. married

atop the Ferris wheel at the La. State Fair Oct. 28, 1949

5. Boy wearing large Shreveport fire chief’s helmet n.d.

6.-7. Children in cowboy outfits n.d.

8. Dickie Sorenson, State Fair midget, entertains John Burnett

at Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital Oct. 21, 1949

9. A pair of midgets with a Graflex camera n.d.

10. Stern-wheel steamer General John Newton Nov. 25, 1955

11. Priest looks at the Declaration of Independence n.d.

12. Balloon Parade, inflating kangaroo character Dec. 3, 1948

13.-14. Locks on a Louisiana river Nov. 1955

15. Beck Building under construction Apr. 22, 1955

16.-17. Huey P. Long statue and State Capital building, Baton

Rouge, La. May 16, 1955

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18. Man wearing pith helmet sitting on wheel barrow in trench n.d.

19. Old Absinthe House, Rue Bourbon/Rue Bienville, French

Quarter, New Orleans, La. Jan. 23, 1955

20. French Quarter, New Orleans, La. Jan. 23, 1955

21. Adam Comeaux’s Lounge & Bar, intersection of Toulouse

and Royal, French Quarter, New Orleans, La. Jan. 23, 1955

22.-23. Adam Comeaux’s Lounge & Bar (front view), intersection

of Toulouse and Royal, French Quarter, New Orleans, La. Jan. 23, 1955

24. Old Absinthe House, Rue Bourbon/Rue Bienville, French

Quarter, New Orleans, La. Jan. 23, 1955

25. Bearded fiddle player in Jackson Square, French Quarter,

New Orleans, La. Jan. 23, 1955

26. Jackson Square, French Quarter, New Orleans, La. Jan. 23, 1955

27. Acrobatic sailors n.d.

28. Movie presentation at Chamber of Commerce luncheon,

Washington-Youree Hotel Oct. 17, 1954

29. Dee’s Photo Supply store, 420 Market Street, interior view Aug. 22, 1952

30.-32. Theatre: “The Lady’s Not For Burning,” Courtyard Players Apr. 9, 1952

33. Clapping/squatting children n.d.

34. KWKH-TV filming safety show n.d.

35.-36. Lone Star Steel Company, Tex. Jun. 10, 1953

37. Child in cowboy outfit cuddling a kitten n.d.

38. Elephant walk at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey

Circus, State Fair Grounds Oct. 26, 1955

39. Harry C. Knode displays handful of miniature pistols,

Louisiana Gun Collectors Assn. May 30, 1954

40. Building illuminated at night n.d.

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41. U.S. Air Force Air Policeman guarding B-47 Stratojet

bombers at Barksdale AFB, La. Feb. 8, 1955

42. Goat and toucan n.d.

43. Goat n.d.

44. Doe and fawn n.d.

45. Horse and pony n.d.

46. Horse and rider jumping hurdles n.d.

47. Tiger leaping through ring of fire at Clyde Beatty Circus Mar. 13, 1948

48. Bird bathing in a sink n.d.

49. Deer n.d.

50.-51. Buffaloes n.d.

52. Steer and farmer n.d.

53.-54. Polar Bears n.d.

55.-56. Young mockingbirds in the nest Jun. 1952

57.-58. Balloon v. needle n.d.

59. Barksdale Theatre illuminated at night n.d.

60. Two unidentified boys Nov. 29, 1955

Best of 1956 (Aviation)

61.-62.

Lockheed Constellation airplane, “City of Havana,”

Chicago and Southern Air Lines at Shreveport, front and

rear views

n.d.

63. U.S. Air Force F-86 Sabre fighter aircraft at air show n.d.

64. Two U.S. Air Force F-80 Shooting Star fighter aircraft in

flight n.d.

65. Douglas DC-4, “City of San Juan,” Chicago and Southern

Air Lines at Shreveport Downtown Airport at night Feb. 17, 1948

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66. Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber at Air Force Day air

show, Barksdale AFB Sep. 18, 1948

67. Aerial view of Shreveport: Downtown looking north toward

Red River and Downtown Airport n.d.

68. Aerial view of Shreveport: Confederate Memorial Medical

Center under construction n.d.

69.

Aerial view of Shreveport: Booker T. Washington High

School under construction; Milam Street Technical School

in lower left

May 5, 1950

70. Aerial view of Shreveport: Construction of Allen-Dalzell-

Linwood overpass looking south n.d.

71. Aerial view of Shreveport: Overton Brooks Veterans

Affairs (VA) Hospital under construction n.d.

2 72. Acrobat suspended from a helicopter in flight of Aut

Swenson’s Thrillcade Stunt Circus Oct. 30, 1950

73 Jesse Ray Batty peers into a U.S. Air Force P-84 jet fighter

at the Air Force Day air show, Barksdale AFB Sep. 18, 1948

74.-78.

Crash of the Grumman Mallard seaplane operated by United

Gas Co. at Wallace Lake; 12 people killed, including

Randolph Querbes, Sr., Justin R. Querbes, Sr., R.H.

Hargrove, John B. Atkins, Sr., E. Bernard Weiss, J.P.

Evans, and Thomas E. Braniff

Jan. 10, 1954

79.-84.

Firemen battle fire engulfing a Convair CV-340-42 cargo

aircraft (registration # N8420H) operated by United Gas Co.

at Shreveport Regional Airport

Oct. 19, 1955

85. U.S. Air Force B-47E Stratojet bomber takes off from

Barksdale AFB, La. with rocket assist device Jun. 12, 1956

86.-92. Aerial refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47E Stratojet bomber

from a KC-97 over Bossier Base/Barksdale AFB, La. Jun. 5, 1956

93. U.S. Air Force B-36 Peacemaker bomber in flight over

Barksdale AFB, Air Force Day air show Sep. 18, 1948

94. Aerial view of State Fair Grounds (“one of a kind photo”) Oct. 26, 1955

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95. Aerial view of downtown Shreveport looking east toward

First Baptist Church and Caddo Parish Courthouse n.d.

96. U.S. Navy SNJ training aircraft landing on the training

carrier USS Monterey (CVL-26) off Pensacola, Florida Dec. 1955

Best of 1957

97.-99.

General Curtis E. LeMay, commander-in-chief, Strategic

Air Command, and Major General George W. Mundy,

commander, Second Air Force, at Barksdale AFB, La.

(also see photo #900)

Jun. 20, 1957

100. U.S. Air Force C-123 Provider cargo aircraft taxiing and

landing n.d.

101. Baseball, Shreveport Sports Aug. 11, 1956

102. Football, unidentified teams Nov. 23, 1956

103. Basketball, college: LSU v. Centenary n.d.

104. Basketball, college: Cowboys v. unidentified team n.d.

105. Basketball, college: Loyola v. Tech n.d.

106. Basketball, college: Loyola v. Tech n.d.

107. Basketball, college: Cowboys v. unidentified team n.d.

108. Basketball, college: Furman v. VMI Dec. 26, 1956

109. Basketball, college: Furman v. VMI n.d.

110. Basketball, college: Furman v. Centenary n.d.

111.

Crash of U.S. Navy Grumman F6F-5 “Hellcat” fighter

aircraft near the old Dixie Overland Road in Bossier

Parish; pilot Chief Petty Officer Loren (Mick) Purnell

escapes injury with a smile

Feb. 6, 1957

112.

Shreveport Mayor James C. Gardner, Bill Evans, and

Samuel G. Wiener, Sr. inspecting remodeled Municipal

Auditorium

Oct. 15, 1956

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113.-115. Bossier Parish officials inspect the Holiday Supper Club Jan. 25, 1957

116.

Tornado damage at Princeton, La.; State Trooper Noland

A. Strange with rescued kitten, only survivor in the house

where Allison “Jim” Law and Mary Ann Law were killed

Jan. 22, 1957

117.-119. Tornado damage at Princeton, La. Jan. 22, 1957

120. Earthen dam on Ivan Lake burst by heavy rains Feb. 6, 1957

121.-122.

Truck v. motorcycle wreck at Gilbert and Gregg Streets;

15-year old C.E. Byrd High School student John Michon

injured

May 28, 1956

123.-124. Marian McKnight, Miss America 1957, arrives at

Shreveport Regional Airport Mar. 8, 1957

125.-127. Double car wreck at night, unidentified location n.d.

3 128.-138. Aerial views of flooding of Sabine and Red Rivers May 3-14, 1957

139.-140. U.S. Army troops from Fort Polk reinforce a levee with

sandbags at East Point, La. May 3, 1957

141.-142. Ground views of flooding of Sabine and Red Rivers May 1-3, 1957

143.-144.

Gene Autry, seated on horse, and Gail Davis (Annie

Oakley) arrive at Shreveport Downtown Airport; met by

Tommy Steiner, producer of the RCA World

Championship Rodeo

May 14, 1957

145. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll May and baby, Tri-State Singing

Convention, Municipal Auditorium (“American Gothic”) Apr. 21, 1956

146. Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson speaks at the

U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. 1957

147. Joe Rosenthal, Iwo Jima photographer, at the U.S.

Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. 1957

148.-149. RCA World Championship Rodeo inside Hirsch

Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport May 15, 1957

Best of 1958

150.-152. Aerial view of Shreveport: Downtown looking north toward Mar. 21, 1956

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Red River and Downtown Airport

153. Aerial view of Shreveport: Downtown looking east toward

three bridges over Red River Mar. 21, 1956

154. Aerial view of Shreveport: Confederate Memorial Medical

Center Mar. 8, 1956

155.

Aerial view of Shreveport: Gilbert Drive looking east to

Madison Park Shopping Center and Querbes Park Golf

Course

Mar. 8, 1956

156.

Aerial view of Shreveport: East Kings Highway and

Southfield Road looking north to future site of Shreve

Island Subdivision and shopping center

Mar. 8, 1956

157.

Aerial view of Shreveport: Sunset Acres neighborhood

looking north toward Atlas Processing Company plant and

Cross Lake

Feb. 8, 1958

158.-159. Aerial view of Shreveport: Big Chain store at Hollywood

Avenue and Mansfield Road Feb. 8, 1958

160.

Aerial view of Shreveport: Hollywood Avenue and

Mansfield Road looking west to Big Chain store and Sunset

Acres neighborhood beyond

Feb. 8, 1958

161.

Aerial view of Shreveport: Murphy Street and Texas

Avenue looking east beyond City Hall on left and State

Building on right

Feb. 8, 1958

162.

Aerial view of Shreveport: Intersection of Howell Street and

Line Avenue (Princess Place), Princess Park in upper right

and New Way Laundry & Dry Cleaning Company in lower

left

Feb. 8, 1958

163.-166. Harold “Happy” Kellems the circus clown Sep. 12, 1957

167.-171. Views of mountain scenery/lakes, Grand Teton, Wyoming 1957

172.-176. Views of mountain scenery, Bryce Canyon National Park,

Utah 1957

177. Cypress trees n.d.

178. Train wreck/derailment north of Mansfield near Holly, La. Nov. 2, 1957

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[KCS Railroad]

179.

Bombing and Navigation Competition: U.S. Air Force Air

Policeman with rifle guarding B-47 Stratojet bombers and

British Avro Vulcan bombers at Pinecastle AFB, Fla.

Nov. 6, 1957

180.-181. Rockland Beau (“Rock”), English setter Nov. 4, 1957

182. Deer on the side of a road n.d.

183.-185.

Train v. car wreck at Airline Drive-Illinois Central

Crossing, Bossier City; Lt. Col. John C. Lewis and his wife,

Sadie Cappel Lewis killed

Nov. 19, 1957

186.-188.

Deputies George W. D’Artois and Homer Bryant

interviewing Dorothy Reed, 18, and Ray Harris, 17, in

Caddo Parish jail for armed robbery

Nov. 20, 1957

189.-190.

Crash of U.S. Air Force B-47E bomber on south end of the

Barksdale AFB runway; 4 airmen killed; fire trucks battle

the flames

Dec. 6, 1957

191. Crash of civilian Beechcraft Twin-Bonanza aircraft on

Beene Plantation; pilot Lloyd E. “Pete” Williams killed Dec. 15, 1957

192.-193. Harold K. Vollrath and his model railroad/trains Dec. 13, 1957

194. Tornado damage at Cotton Belt community near Waldo,

Ark. Dec. 19, 1957

195.-196. Butane tanker truck of Holicer Gas Co. Inc. on fire after

collision with a car at 200 block of Spring Street Jan. 13, 1958

4 197.-200. Crash of U.S. Air Force TF-102A jet fighter trainer near

Dixie, La.; 1 airman killed Jan. 18, 1958

201.-203. Jodie A. Horton bleeding after being stabbed in the head by

Frank J. Plankey at Wholesale Liquor Co., 201 Texas Street Apr. 7, 1958

204.-212. Aerial views of flooding from Black Bayou near Oil City

and Belcher, La. May 8-9, 1958

213. Houseboat on Ouachita River in Monroe, La. May 23, 1958

214.-216. Firemen battle fire at Virginia-Carolina Chemical

Corporation, 1801 Kings Highway; Fire Captain E. H. Sep. 13, 1958

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Cheek injured

217. Car wreck at intersection of Anniston and Leo Avenues; 3

car pileup; 6 injured Jul. 3, 1958

218. Cowboy seated on horse at carnival/fair/ rodeo n.d.

219.-227.

Arrival of first U.S. Air Force B-52F Stratofortress bomber,

“State of Louisiana” (serial #57-0153), at Barksdale AFB,

La.; views on approach, landing/parachute deployment and

stationary

Aug. 14, 1958

228.-229. U.S. Air Force B-52F Stratofortress bomber in flight Dec. 12, 1958

230. U.S. Air Force KC-97 aircraft at Barksdale AFB, La. with

B-52F Stratofortress bomber flying overhead n.d.

231.-232.

Advertisement, M. Levy Co., “Codakool” wash n’ wear

suits: Children spill drinks on Joseph O. Lodestro sitting on

a park bench behind the Shreveport courthouse

May 15, 1958

233.-238. National parks/great outdoors, unidentified locations n.d.

239. Thomas Jefferson National Memorial, Washington, D.C. Apr. 10, 1956

Best of 1959

240.-260.

Habeas corpus hearing/release from mental institution for

Governor Earl K. Long at Covington, La.; Jack P.F.

Gremillion, attorney general of Louisiana; Lt. Governor

Lethar Frazar; Major General Raymond F. Hufft, adjutant

general of Louisiana; Long’s chief counsel Arthur Sims;

among others in photos

Jun. 26, 1959

261.-262.

Shreveport Chamber of Commerce Goodwill Tour, left to

right: State Senator William M. Rainach, Governor Earl K.

Long, and former governor Jimmie Davis in Marksville, La.

Apr. 23, 1959

263. Earl K. Long “on the stump” n.d.

5 264. Basketball, unidentified teams n.d.

265. Crying boy gets a smallpox vaccination while apprehensive

girl watches, Jewella Elementary School May 1, 1959

266.-274. Train v. cement mixer truck wreck at Bodcau Siding Jun. 30, 1959

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[Illinois Central Railroad]; truck driver Arthur Oliver killed

and train derailed

275.-276.

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus inside

Memorial Coliseum, Shreveport; acrobats and human

cannonball

Feb. 13, 1959

277. Actress Gail Davis (Annie Oakley) rehearsing for the RCA

World Championship Rodeo in Shreveport Mar. 31, 1959

278.-284. RCA World Championship Rodeo inside Hirsch Memorial

Coliseum, Shreveport; clowns, calf roping, and bull riding Apr. 2, 1959

285. Berliet six-wheeled oilfield truck Apr. 16, 1959

286. Carl McBroom injured in explosion of electrical control

panel in basement of the Slattery Building Jan. 15, 1959

287.-293. Crash of U.S. Air Force C-124A cargo aircraft carrying

three nuclear weapons, Barksdale AFB, La. Jul. 6, 1959

294.-298. Salt mine in Winnfield, La. Jul. 23, 1959

299. Two men playing harmonicas n.d.

300.-302. Earl K. Long speaking in Haynesville, La. for reelection as

governor Aug. 24, 1959

303.-310. Firemen battle fire at the Cooper Building, 700 block of

Texas Street Aug. 31, 1959

311. Firemen battle fire at the Cooper Building, 700 block of

Texas Street; Asst. Fire Chief T.G. Mangham takes a break Aug. 31, 1959

312.-313. Firemen battle fire at the Cooper Building, 700 block of

Texas Street; firemen receive medical treatment Aug. 31, 1959

314. Actress Carol Lynley Oct. 28, 1959

315. Actor Johnny Mack Brown, actress Carol Lynley, and

pianist John Browning Oct. 28, 1959

316.

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team,

F-100C Super Sabre; Major J.A. Robinson seated in aircraft

in foreground

Feb. 6, 1959

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Best of 1960

317.-319. Firemen battle fire engulfing a duplex at 328-330 Griffin

Street Feb. 28, 1960

320.-321.

Governor Jimmie Davis, inauguration day in Baton Rouge,

La.; Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court Joe B.

Hamiter administers oath

May 10, 1960

322.-323. Governor Jimmie Davis, inauguration day May 10, 1960

324. Governor Jimmie Davis and wife Alvern Davis,

inauguration day May 10, 1960

325. View of crowd, Governor Jimmie Davis’ inauguration day May 10, 1960

326.-328. Earl K. Long, outgoing governor, and Governor Jimmie

Davis, inauguration day May 10, 1960

329.-331. U.S. Air Force firemen conduct training/demonstration at

Barksdale AFB, La. May 27, 1960

6 332.

Acrobats suspended from a helicopter in flight, Royal

American Shows troupe entertaining children at

Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital

Oct. 27, 1960

333. Stern-wheel tugboat Joe S. and its 110-foot barge stuck on a

sandbar on the Red River below Natchitoches, La. Aug. 15, 1960

334. Hoagy Carmichael Jan. 30, 1960

335.-336. Eclipse of the Moon Sep. 3, 1960

337.-349. Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigning for president

in Lafayette, La. (also see photo #901) Sep. 24, 1960

350.-352. Body of former governor Earl K. Long lays in state in Baton

Rouge, La. Sep. 7, 1960

353.-354. Arrest of Salvador Miciotto during police raid of a Cross

Lake gambling den Sep. 28, 1960

355. Dr. Wernher von Braun discusses third generation space

rockets at the Washington-Youree Hotel Sep. 30, 1960

356. Commercial fisherman hauls in his net on Cross Lake Aug. 25, 1960

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357. Actor King Donovan and his wife, actress Imogene Coca

(star of musical comedy Once Upon a Mattress) Dec. 9, 1960

358. Actress Imogene Coca (star of musical comedy Once Upon

a Mattress) Dec. 9, 1960

359. Actor Edward Everett Horton (star of musical comedy Once

Upon a Mattress) Dec. 9, 1960

360.-362.

Car wreck on bank of Old River off 3100 block of East

Kings Highway; overturned 1957 Chevrolet Nomad station

wagon and three injured teenagers: Lynn Levin, Sherry

Whitehurst, and John Durham

Dec. 10, 1960

363.-365. Firemen battle fire at two warehouse and shop buildings in

1200 block of Texas Street Nov. 11, 1960

366. Buffaloes on Meade Reservation, South Dakota Jun. 22, 1960

Best of 1961

367.-394. Ku Klux Klan meeting on Black Lake near Coushatta, La. Feb. 15, 1961

395.-396. R. E. Davis, National Imperial Wizard of the Original

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Feb. 9, 1961

397. Police remove a burned Ku Klux Klan cross from the lawn

of U.S. Rep. Overton Brooks’ (D-La.) home in Shreveport Feb. 9, 1961

398. RCA World Championship Rodeo inside Hirsch Memorial

Coliseum, Shreveport Apr. 8, 1961

399. Actor Allen Case (Clay McChord – TV show The Deputy) Apr. 4, 1961

400. Harry King, secretary of Ark-La-Tex Gun Collectors Assn.,

fires a British flintlock rifle Jul. 23, 1961

401.-404.

Arrival of four “freedom riders” in Shreveport to test

segregated bus facilities: Reverend B. Elton Cox, Bliss

Anne Malone, Reverend John Curtis Raines, and Janet

Reinitz

Jul. 14-16, 1961

405.

Arrest of R.E. Davis, National Imperial Wizard of the

Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and fingerprinting by

the Shreveport Police

Apr. 6, 1961

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7 406.-408. NASA space exhibit in Agriculture Building at State Fair

Grounds Nov. 21, 1961

409. Girl with tiger cub/reflection in mirror Nov. 22, 1961

410.-436. Six Flags Over Texas, Dallas, Tex. Aug. 4, 1961

437.

Jim Leslie, Times journalist, and Traffic Officer Walter C.

Spivey as witnesses for the prosecution in liquor case

against Ernest Palmisano, operator of Ernie’s Stables Club

Nov. 22, 1961

438. Boy dressed as Confederate soldier with toy sword and

cannon Nov. 29, 1961

439. Boy with toy laser gun and Robot Commando toy Nov. 29, 1961

440.-445. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s birthplace at Denison, Tex. Feb. 20, 1961

446.-449. Train wreck/derailment near Rodessa, La. [KCS Railroad] Mar. 26, 1962

450. J. Phillip (Phil) Schierer and his television station project

for the Region 1 Science Fair at Centenary College Mar. 17, 1962

451.-464. Unidentified press photographers in New York City n.d.

Best of 1962

8 465.-469. Actor Lorne Greene (Ben Cartwright – TV show Bonanza) Apr. 4, 1962

470.-471. Actor Dan Blocker (Hoss – TV show Bonanza) Apr. 4, 1962

472.-473. Tornado damage to warehouse north of Taylortown, La. Apr. 26, 1962

474.-477. Fire destroys an abandoned building at Red River Tourist

Courts on Traffic Street, Bossier City Jun. 6, 1962

478.-481. Firemen battle fire at 500 block of Commerce Street,

Shreveport Jun. 20, 1962

482.-483. Willie Brown asleep in a doghouse May 11, 1962

484. Offshore oil drilling rig on Caddo Lake Apr. 20, 1962

485.-491. Trial of Billy Sol Estes in Tyler, Tex. Sep. 24, 1962

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492.

Shreveport Public Safety Commissioner George W.

D’Artois, Police Chief Harvey D. Teasley, and Capt. Earl

Doyal inspecting the Gay 90’s bar, 716 Louisiana Avenue

Nov. 15, 1962

493.


D’Artois, Police Chief Harvey D. Teasley, and Capt. Earl

Doyal inspecting Orlando’s Club, 516 Commerce Street

Nov. 15, 1962

494. Jerrell Kenneth Marlar, self-confessed murderer of Thomas

O. Bond, handcuffed in Lewisville, Ark. Nov. 19, 1962

495.-497. Ear drum bones Dec. 16, 1962

498.-505. Fire destroys Albert Meyers’ house on New Mooringsport

Road Nov. 15, 1962

506.-508.

Train cars of U.S. Army self-propelled artillery, trucks, and

jeeps passing through Shreveport on the day after Cuban

missile bases exposed

Oct. 24, 1962

509.-510. John Diamond, 3-year-old boy, eyes Thanksgiving turkey

during family prayer led by actor Joe Hayes Nov. 20, 1962

511.-514. Chandelier at First Baptist Church on Ockley Drive Dec. 7, 1962

515.-522. Firemen prevent Joe Procell, Jr. from committing suicide by

jumping from the superstructure of Traffic Street Bridge Dec. 20, 1962

523.-524. Fashion models with furs, Sherry Strausman (left) and

Linda Dowden (right) Dec. 6, 1962

525.

Sign at Forest Park Cemetery West, Meriwether Road:

“More Things Are Wrought By Prayer Than This World

Dreams Of”

Dec. 18, 1962

526.-527. Football, high school: C.E. Byrd High School (28) v. Fair

Park High School (0) Nov. 22, 1962

528. Actor Richard Arlen at Shreveport press conference for his

movie The Shepherd of the Hills Aug. 7, 1963

529.-533.

Memorial march/civil rights disturbances in Milam and

Norma area and intervention by Shreveport riot police

NOTE: See MMss 151 (Shreveport Police Dept. Album) for

other Langston McEachern photos of this event.

Sep. 21-22, 1963

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534.-535.

Actresses Donna Douglas (Elly May Clampett) and Irene

Ryan (Granny) (TV show Beverly Hillbillies) at RCA

World Championship Rodeo inside Hirsch Memorial

Coliseum, Shreveport

May 3, 1963

536. Parade honoring astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. in

Houston, Tex. May 23, 1963

Best of 1963-1964

9 537.-545. Tornado damage at South Cross Lake, Shreveport Apr. 24, 1964

546.-547. Tornado damage at South Cross Lake, Shreveport; Mrs. R.

W. Hunt injured Apr. 24, 1964

548. Circus inside auditorium; tightrope walkers Nov. 26, 1962

549.-552. Fire destroys the Southern Hills Shopping Center in

Shreveport Jan. 2, 1964

553.-554. Arrest of Mrs. Walter Hammond (a.k.a. Evelyn Arnold) for

bank robbery Sep. 26, 1963

555.-556. Double car wreck at Louisiana and Snow; passenger Aaron

Banks injured Mar. 9, 1964

557.-571. U.S. Strike Command exercise “One Shot” near DeRidder,

La.; 101st Airborne Division makes parachute drop Oct. 15, 1963

572.-575. U.S. Air Force firemen train on simulated aircraft crash at

Barksdale AFB, La. Jun. 3, 1964

576.

Harvey LeVan Cliburn plays piano for Dr. James W.

Middleton (left), pastor of First Baptist Church, and Mr.

Bradford (right)

Nov. 9, 1962

577.-578. Harvey LeVan Cliburn in concert at First Baptist Church Dec. 25, 1963

579.-583. RCA World Championship Rodeo inside Hirsch Memorial

Coliseum, Shreveport; horse riding and bull riding Apr. 2, 1964

584. Governor John J. McKeithen, inauguration day in Baton

Rouge, La.; Judge James E. Bolin administers oath May 12, 1964

585. Governor John J. McKeithen, inauguration day May 12, 1964

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586. Governor John J. McKeithen and family pass through sword

cordon, inauguration day May 12, 1964

587. Governor John J. McKeithen and family in motorcade,


588.-613. Barry Goldwater campaigning for president at Shreveport

Regional Airport Sep. 17, 1964

614.-616. John F. Kennedy campaigning for president in Texarkana Sep. 13, 1960

617.-630.

President Lyndon B. Johnson, Ladybird Johnson, Ark.

Governor Orval E. Faubus, Tex. Governor John Connally,

U.S. Rep. Oren Harris (D-Ark.), and U.S. Rep. Wright

Patman (D-Tex.) unveiling John F. Kennedy memorial

plaque in Texarkana

Sep. 25, 1964

631. Jeannie Hamel feeds a bear cub from Hamel’s Zoo Jun. 17, 1963

632. Car wreck at Creswell Avenue and Elmwood Street; driver

Mrs. H.L. Truly injured Oct. 11, 1963

[Best of] 1964

10 633.-650. Tornado damage in Larose/Bayou Lafourche, La.; offshoot

of Hurricane Hilda Oct. 2, 1964

651.-661. Damage from Hurricane Hilda in Morgan City and

Franklin, La. Oct. 3, 1964

662.-669. Alligator and its tracks in the mud at Cross Lake Sep. 14-21, 1964

670.-677. Cypress trees at Cross Lake Sep. 14, 1964

678.-679. Kim Smelster and billboard: “Let Him Skip His Bath

Tonight – A Public Service For Little Boy” Jan. 27, 1965

680.-683. U.S. Strike Command exercise “One Shot” near DeRidder,

La.; 101st Airborne Division makes parachute drop Feb. 26, 1965

684.-694. Natural gas pipeline explosion in Natchitoches, La.; 17

killed, five homes destroyed Mar. 4, 1965

695.-702. Shreveport Police arrest escaped convict Dan Edward

Robertson May 19, 1965

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703. Shreveport Police arrest escaped convict Harry Matthew

Sliman May 19, 1965

704.-714. Damage from Hurricane Betsy in Baton Rouge and New

Orleans, La. Sep. 11, 1965

715. Sunset on Dixie Overland and Traffic Bridge on the Red

River Oct. 15, 1964

“Disasters” (deaths, car wrecks, airplane crashes, train wrecks, fires, police arrests)

11 716. Train v. truck wreck at Benton Highway, Bossier City

[Illinois Central Railroad]; Hartsel Farnam killed Apr. 9, 1948

717.-718. Car wreck on Southern Avenue; Joseph R. Rutherford killed Dec. 3, 1948

719.-720.

Car wreck in Bickham Bayou on Cross Lake; 15-year old

C.E. Byrd High School student Henry Ann Meyer drowned

NOTE: See Collection 416 (Caddo Parish Coroner’s Office

Records, 1922-1971), folder #1567, for other Langston

McEachern photos of this event.

Dec. 26, 1949

721. Car wreck at South Lakeshore Drive and Greenwood-

Mooringsport Road; Everett Tynes killed and 2 injured Aug. 27, 1950

722. Train v. car wreck at 1700 block of Barksdale Blvd.; 2

Barksdale AFB airmen injured Aug. 15, 1950

723.

Car v. motor scooter wreck at Hollywood and Southern

Avenues; Stanley Conway killed and George Mockosher

injured

Aug. 17, 1948

724.-725. Train v. car wreck at Jewella Road [Texas and Pacific

Railroad]; 2 injured Nov. 6, 1950

726.-728. Firemen battle fire engulfing 20 parked cars on Fannin

Street Apr. 13, 1950

729.-731. Firemen battle fire at Roseland Tourist Courts on Highway

80, Bossier City Nov. 11, 1948

732. Firemen battle fire at Hope Hughes Farmer’s Store, 520

Commerce Street Mar. 8, 1950

733. State Police raid illegal gambling clubs in Bossier City; 9

men arrested Jun. 6, 1952

18

734. Tornado damage at Warren, Ark.; locomotive pinned under

uprooted tree Jan. 3, 1949

735. Tornado damage at Warren, Ark.; view of downtown area Jan. 3, 1949

736. Tornado damage at Warren, Ark.; Locomotive 32 penned

by wreckage from a house Jan. 3, 1949

737.-738.

U.S. Air Force firemen conduct training/demonstration on

burning B-18 aircraft fuselage at Air Force Day air show,

Barksdale AFB, La.

Sep. 18, 1948

739.-740. Gasoline tanker truck engulfed in flames, unidentified

location n.d.

741.-742.

Crash of U.S. Air Force B-45A jet bomber on the Roger

Wheless farm six miles north of Barksdale AFB; 2 airmen

killed

Jun. 9, 1949

743.-747. Crash of two U.S. Air Force B-25J bombers four miles

southeast of Barksdale AFB; 2 airmen killed Feb. 2, 1949

748. Crash of U.S. Air Force F-80A jet fighter seven miles

northwest of Shreveport; 1 airman killed Jul. 23, 1949

749.

Crash of civilian Piper Cub airplane at De Soto Flying

Field; injured pilot, SSgt Woodrow Holmes, surveys

wreckage

Nov. 24, 1949

750.

Crash of U.S. Air Force B-29 bomber near Highway 80;

demolished home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. McDaniel of

Minden Road, Bossier City

Dec. 18, 1951

751. Crash of U.S. Air Force B-29 bomber near Highway 80 in

Bossier City; 4 airmen killed Dec. 18, 1951

752.-753. Grover Cleveland Jackson struck by car on Marshall Street

and killed Mar. 24, 1951

754.-755. Train wreck/derailment near Jefferson, Tex. [Texas and

Pacific Railroad]; aerial views of wreck site Oct. 25, 1947

756. Train wreck/derailment near Sibley, La. [Illinois Central

Railroad] Nov. 25, 1950

19

12 757.-765. Train wreck/derailment near Lettsworth, La.: KCS Southern

Belle v. troop train Aug. 10, 1951

766. Firemen attempt unsuccessfully to resuscitate 6-year old

Roy Paul Blalock at Fair Grounds swimming pool Jun. 19, 1950

767. Lee Herr fails in suicide attempt by shotgun at Washington-

Youree Hotel Jun. 5, 1951

768.

Oil well at the Lodiwick Lumber company No. 2 between

Princeton and Bellevue, La., blows out and flows over the

top during a test drill

May 10, 1947

769.

Priest gives last rites to Turner D. Griffin; crushed to death

in collapse of building canopy, Overcash cleaners, 1219

Wilkinson Street (also see photo #1021)

Feb. 4, 1951

770. Forest fire, unidentified location n.d.

771. Firemen battle a house and car fire, unidentified location n.d.

772.-774. Firemen battle fire at the Western Auto Store at Texas and

Market Streets Dec. 2, 1950

775.-779.

Four drown in boating accident on Red River; firemen

attempt unsuccessfully to resuscitate 18-month old Norman

Gwin, Jr.

Jul. 29, 1951

780.-783. Train wreck/derailment near Caspiana, La. [Texas and

Pacific Railroad] Jan. 20, 1953

784.-791.

Firemen battle fire ravaging the warehouse complex

housing Hicks Company, Inc. (101-109 Travis Street),

Hussman Refrigeration Company (400 Commerce Street),

and Wallace Paper Company (409 Commerce Street)

Jan. 17, 1953

792.-793.

Arrest of F.C. Bonner in Carthage, Tex. for armed robbery

of the Gilliam branch of the Caddo Trust and Savings bank

of Belcher

Jan. 25, 1953

794.-798. Firemen battle forest fire near Red Chute, La. Feb. 26, 1954

“Celebrities” (movie and TV stars, presidents, vice presidents, governors, politicians,

generals, musicians, sports personalities, etc.)

13 799. Jackie Copper interviewed by Paul Beardsley of KRMD; Oct. 7, 1947

20

world premiere of movie Louisiana at the Strand Theatre,

Shreveport

800.

John Gallaudet interviewed by Paul Beardsley of KRMD;

Charlie Mitchell, executive secretary to Governor Jimmie

Davis on right; world premiere of movie Louisiana at the

Strand Theatre, Shreveport

Oct. 7, 1947

801.

Roddy McDowell interviewed by Paul Beardsley of

KRMD; world premiere of movie Louisiana at the Strand

Theatre, Shreveport

Oct. 7, 1947

802.

Dottye Brown (right), Jackie Cooper (center), and June

Preisser (left); world premiere of movie Louisiana at the

Strand Theatre, Shreveport

Oct. 7, 1947

803. Mickey Rooney flanked by Miss Frances Woodall (right)

and Miss Jo Ann Hagedorn (left) Aug. 31, 1950

804. Vice President Alben W. Barkley at Shreveport Oct. 8, 1950

805.

Left to right: U.S. Rep. Overton Brooks (D-La.), ex-Senator

W.C. Feazel, Senator Russell B. Long, Vice President

Alben W. Barkley, Governor Earl K. Long, and Shreveport

Mayor Clyde E. Fant

Oct. 8, 1950

806.

Left to right: Shreveport Mayor Clyde E. Fant, U.S. Rep.

Overton Brooks (D-La.), and Vice President Alben W.

Barkley

Oct. 8, 1950

807. Gene Autry signs autograph for young boy at Shreveport’s

Shrine Hospital Jan. 7, 1948

808. Gene Autry greets two young girls at Shreveport’s Shrine

Hospital Jan. 7, 1948

809. Reverend Billy Graham Apr. 11, 1951

810.

General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, chief of staff of the

U.S. Army, arrives at Barksdale AFB, La.; Colonel Auby C.

Strickland, Barksdale base commander, salutes behind

Bradley

Apr. 7, 1948

811.

General of the Army Omar N. Bradley (left), chief of staff

of the U.S. Army; Lieutenant General John K. Cannon

(center), commanding general of Air Training Command at

Apr. 7, 1948

21

Barksdale AFB; Colonel Auby C. Strickland (left),

Barksdale base commander

812.

General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, chief of staff of the

U.S. Army, meets with Secretary of the Treasury John W.

Snyder at the Red River Valley Improvement Assn.

convention in Shreveport

Apr. 7, 1948

813. Florence Bates Dec. 26, 1949

814. Bob Hope wearing Indian headdress Apr. 23, 1949

815. Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, and Marilyn Maxwell Nov. 26, 1950

816. Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell Nov. 26, 1950

817. William “Bill” Odom (right), record-breaking aviator, and

W. Currey Sanders at the Downtown Airport Apr. 19, 1949

818. David Rubinoff plays violin for blind girl Jean at

Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital Dec. 7, 1950

819. Governor Earl K. Long and John J. Doles examine a

blooming dogwood limb near Plain Dealing, La. Mar. 23, 1951

820. Governor Earl K. Long, inauguration day in Baton Rouge,

La.; Judge Cass Moss, Sr. administers oath May 11, 1948

821. Governor Earl K. Long, inauguration day May 11, 1948

822.

Governor Earl K. Long, outgoing governor Jimmie Davis,

and Boy Scout Steve Anderson; Earl K. Long’s

inauguration day

May 11, 1948

823.

Governor Earl K. Long, Boy Scout Steve Anderson,

outgoing governor Jimmie Davis, and Lt. Gov. William J.

“Bill” Dodd; Earl K. Long’s inauguration day

May 11, 1948

824. Four unidentified official visitors; Governor Earl K. Long’s


825.-827. Views of the crowd at LSU Stadium, Baton Rouge, La.;

Governor Earl K. Long’s inauguration day May 11, 1948

828. View of the Mississippi riverfront, Baton Rouge, La.: U.S.

Navy destroyer Charles S. Sperry (DD-697), U.S. Army May 11, 1948

22

engineer boat Attu, and Illinois Central trains; Governor

Earl K. Long’s inauguration day

829.

Left to right: U.S. Rep. Overton Brooks (D-La.), Secretary

of the Treasury John W. Snyder, and Governor-elect Earl K.

Long at Shreveport

Apr. 6, 1948

830. Henry A. Wallace, 1948 Progressive Party presidential

candidate, at Shreveport Sep. 2, 1948

831. Henry A. Wallace, 1948 Progressive Party presidential

candidate, egged at KTBS-TV during a speech there Sep. 2, 1948

832.-836. Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigning for president at

Shreveport Regional Airport Oct. 15, 1952

837. Governor Robert F. Kennon, inauguration day in Baton

Rouge, La.; Chief Justice John B. Fournet administers oath May 13, 1952

838. Governor Robert F. Kennon, inauguration day May 13, 1952

839. Governor Robert F. Kennon and wife in motorcade,


840. Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll and Paul Mantz at Holiday in

Dixie May 4, 1951

841. John Payne Jun. 5, 1951

842. Roy Rogers and Ray Camp May 5, 1956

843.-844. Roy Rogers piloting motor boat Miss Yellow Jacket II with

Ray Camp May 5, 1956

845.

Roy Rogers receiving key to the city from Shreveport

Mayor James C. Gardner; Bossier City Mayor Burgess E.

McCranie looks on

May 5, 1956

846.-848. Roy Rogers May 5, 1956

849. Circus elephants n.d.

850. Emmett Kelly the circus clown n.d.

851. Emmett Kelly the circus clown applying makeup Oct. 26, 1955

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852.-853. Preston Foster Oct. 26, 1955

854.-856. President Harry S. Truman at baseball stadium, Kansas

City, Mo. Apr. 13, 1955

857.-858. President Harry S. Truman throws out first baseball, Kansas

City, Mo. Apr. 13, 1955

859.-860. Jerome H. “Dizzy” Dean signs autographs/speaks at

microphone Aug. 3, 1955

861. Jack Webb arrives at Shreveport Regional Airport Aug. 2, 1955

862. Jack Webb signs autograph for Ralph Walters Aug. 2, 1955

863.-865. Jack Webb Aug. 2, 1955

866.-867. Mrs. Dorothy (née Towne) Webb, wife of Jack Webb Aug. 2, 1955

868.-869. George Liberace arrives at Shreveport Regional Airport Jul. 22, 1955

870. Ray Milland, Ward Bond, and two unidentified women Oct. 18, 1955

871. Ward Bond Oct. 18, 1955

872. John Howard n.d.

873. Emmett Kelly the circus clown n.d.

14. 874.-875. George Goebel and Mitzi Gaynor present Miss National

Press Photographers Association (NPPA) 1956 Apr. 10, 1956

876. George Goebel Apr. 10, 1956

877.-878. Tony Martin Oct. 27, 1957

879.-881. Terry Moore Oct. 20, 1956

882. Three unidentified men at podium n.d.

883. Lash LaRue and sidekick Fuzzy Q. Jones entertain crippled

children at Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital Oct. 25, 1956

884.-887.

Dennis Weaver arrives at Shreveport Regional Airport,

meets his mother Mrs. L.C. Burk and signs autograph for

fan

Apr. 10, 1958

24

888.-891.

Tommy Sands arrives at Shreveport Regional Airport;

greets fans from the marquee of the Don Theater for the

world premiere of his movie Sing, Boy, Sing

Jan. 31, 1958

892.-893.

Dale Robertson, seated on horse, arrives at Shreveport

Regional Airport; met by Tommy Steiner, producer of the

RCA World Championship Rodeo

May 13, 1958

894. Dale Robertson visits children in Confederate Memorial

Hospital; signs Clyde Nolen’s cast May 16, 1958

895. Governor Orval E. Faubus of Arkansas arrives at

Shreveport Downtown Airport Nov. 19, 1957

896.-898. Elvis Presley sings at Louisiana Hayride Dec. 15, 1956

899. Elvis Presley signs autograph for 9-year old “Flip” Unger of

Denton, Tex., at Captain Shreve Hotel Dec. 15, 1956

900.

General Curtis E. LeMay, commander-in-chief, Strategic

Air Command, and Major General George W. Mundy,

commander, Second Air Force, at Barksdale AFB, La. (also

see photo #97-99)

Jun. 20, 1957

901. Vice President Richard M. Nixon (also see photo #337-349) n.d.

902. Harvey LeVan Cliburn n.d.

903. Harvey LeVan Cliburn (color photograph) n.d.

904. Jean Despujols Dec. 21, 1948

905. Mamie Van Doren Sep. 28, 1953

906. Polly Riley, Women’s Southern Golf Tournament champion May 9, 1955

907. Mayor Clyde E. Fant and outgoing Mayor Sam S. Caldwell Mar. 12, 1946

908. Mayor Clyde E. Fant and wife Margaret Moos Fant board

train for Washington, D.C. Jan. 17, 1947

909. Former Shreveport mayors, left to right, John McWilliams

Ford, George W. Hardy, Jr., and Clyde E. Fant Jan. 28, 1958

910. Mayor James C. Gardner, Shreveport city expansion Jan. 22, 1955

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911. Mayor James C. Gardner, Shreveport’s “New Look” Feb. 8, 1958

912.-913.

Shreveport City Council, left to right: H. Lane Mitchell,

commissioner of public works; J. Earl Downs,

commissioner of public safety; Mayor James C. Gardner;

John McWilliams Ford, commissioner of finance; Louis E.

Phelps, commissioner of public utilities

Feb. 8, 1958

914.

Mayor James C. Gardner and A. W. Hogan, building

contractor and president of Southern Builders; dedication of

new Shreveport Civic Center

Feb. 23, 1958

Horse Soldiers, filming of on Cane River, 1958

915. John Wayne and Constance Towers Oct. 30, 1958

916. Unidentified woman Oct. 30, 1958

917. Constance Towers Oct. 30, 1958


919. John Wayne Oct. 30, 1958

920. William Holden Oct. 30, 1958

921. William Holden and Constance Towers Oct. 30, 1958

922.-923. John Ford, John Wayne and William Holden Oct. 30, 1958


925. Unidentified actor gets beard trimmed on set Oct. 29, 1958

926.-927. John Wayne Oct. 29, 1958

928. William Holden and Hoot Gibson n.d.

929. William Holden n.d.

930. Jack Pennick n.d.

931. Hoot Gibson n.d.

932. Constance Towers Oct. 29, 1958

26

933. Hoot Gibson n.d.

934. Willis Bouchey (far left), John Wayne, and Constance

Towers Oct. 30, 1958


936. John Wayne Oct. 30, 1958

937.-939. Log cabins on set Oct. 30, 1958

940.-941. Horse soldiers riding in column Oct. 30, 1958

942. Willis Bouchey (far left) and John Wayne Oct. 29, 1958

943.-944. John Wayne on set n.d.

945. John Wayne and unidentified woman Nov. 7, 1958

946. Danny Borzage Nov. 7, 1958

947. O.Z. Whitehead Nov. 7, 1958

948. Jack Pennick, John Ford, William Holden and film crew on

set Nov. 7, 1958

949. Film crew on set Nov. 7, 1958

15 950. Constance Towers n.d.

951. William Holden and William Leslie n.d.

952. Willis Bouchey n.d.

953. William Holden and Constance Towers n.d.

954. Danny Borzage n.d.

955. Jack Pennick (right) and two unidentified actors n.d.

956.-960. Firing cannons on set n.d.

961.-965. Horse soldiers crossing a bridge over the Cane River n.d.

966.-976. Demolition of a bridge over the Cane River Dec. 4, 1958

27

977.-980. Horse soldiers crossing a bridge over the Cane River/soldier

falls off a horse n.d.

981.-984. Confederate cavalry troopers ride past a cabin n.d.

985. Action on the set (bringing in a wounded soldier), right to

left: Constance Towers, William Leslie, and Judson Pratt n.d.

986. Action on the set (bringing in a wounded soldier) n.d.

987. Action on the set, William Leslie (second from right) and

Judson Pratt (third from right) n.d.

988. Action on the set, right to left: William Leslie and Judson

Pratt n.d.

989. John Ford on the set n.d.

990. John Ford and John Wayne on the set n.d.

991.

Shreveport premier of the Horse Soldiers, Strand Theater,

left to right: William Holden, John Wayne, and Constance

Towers (this is likely a Lloyd Stilley photo)

Jun. 17, 1959

992.

John Wayne arrives at Shreveport Regional Airport to

accept the second annual Spirit of Independence Award at

the Independence Bowl; met by Leonard Phillips (right) and

Shreveport Mayor Bill Hanna (left)

Dec. 14, 1978

993. John Wayne arrives at Shreveport Regional Airport;

embraced by friend Leonard Phillips Dec. 14, 1978

994. John Wayne, right and left profile views Dec. 14, 1978

“Assorted Best of Photographs” (1940s-1950s)

995.-996. Automobile Thrill Show: Aut Swenson Thrillcade Auto

Daredevils, State Fair Grounds n.d.

997. Firemen battle a house fire, unidentified location n.d.

998.-1001 Firemen prevent Arthur C. Ballard from committing suicide

by jumping from the superstructure of Old Traffic Bridge Apr. 20, 1954

1002.- Shreveport Police arrest Felix Anthony Soler for armed Dec. 31, 1954

28

1005. robbery of the Highland Big Chain market

1006.

Man points to the spot at the Beech Springs community east

of Minden, La. where body of George J. Meredith was

dumped by murderer Leroy Wayne Robertson

Jan. 24, 1954

1007.-

1009. Murder trial of Leroy Wayne Robertson in Minden, La. Nov. 29, 1954

1010.-

1012. Firemen battle fire at Highland Baptist Church Jan. 26, 1955

1013.-

1018.

Delta Airlines DC-3 airplane crash near Waskom, Tex.; 19

killed May 17, 1953

1019. William D. Bowden wheeled on ambulance gurney to

hospital with third degree burns Dec. 4, 1948

1020. Tornado damage, unidentified location n.d.

1021.

Collapsed building canopy in front of Overcash cleaners,

1219 Wilkinson Street; Turner D. Griffin crushed to death

in mishap (also see photo #769)

Feb. 4, 1951

16 1022.-

1029. Aerial/ground views of flooding, unidentified location(s) n.d.

1030.-

1034.

U.S. Army maneuvers, Exercise Sagebrush: 3rd Infantry

Division tanks, bazooka, helicopters, assault crossing of

Red River

Nov. 29, 1955

1035. Firemen battle fire at Pel-State Oil Company Service

Station at Kings Highway and Mansfield Road Aug. 12, 1956

1036. Aerial acrobats n.d.

1037. Automobile Thrill Show: Jimmy Hazlitt & His Hell Drivers,

State Fair Grounds Jul. 4, 1949

1038.-

1039.

Automobile Thrill Show: Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers,

State Fair Grounds May 11, 1947

1040.-

1042.

Automobile Thrill Show: Joie Chitwood Auto Daredevils,

State Fair Grounds Oct. 27, 1949

1043. Automobile Thrill Show: Motorcycle daredevil of Jimmy Jul. 4, 1949

29

Hazlitt & His Hell Drivers crashes through a flaming wall,

State Fair Grounds

1044. Patricia Ann Brown, Miss Holiday in Dixie for 1951 May 4, 1951

1045. Flying Harolds trapeze artists performing at the Clyde

Beatty Circus Mar. 13, 1948

1046. “Peso”, six-ounce Chihuahua dog under magnifying glass May 22, 1951

1047. Clydesdale horses n.d.

1048. Hearing test for young deaf girl May 12, 1951

1049.-

1050. Carnival lights at night, La. State Fair Nov. 4, 1959

“Assorted Best of Photographs” (1972-1979)

1051. Firemen battle fire at Fruehauf Trailer Company, 2401

Grimmett Drive Jul. 27, 1972

1052.-

1053.

Firemen battle fire at Interstate Electric Company, 1419

Culpepper Street Oct. 5, 1972

1054.-

1056.

Shreveport Police tear gas home at 2718 DuPont Street

looking for murder suspect Bill Sanders Jan. 4, 1973

1057. Aerial view of construction in downtown Shreveport

looking east to Red River Feb. 2, 1973

1058.

Aerial view of Interstate 20 (I-20) Bridge looking north to

downtown, Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital

in lower left

Feb. 2, 1973

1059.-

1065.

Aerial views of flooding of the Red River and Atchafalaya

River in Avoyelles and Catahoula Parishes Apr. 5, 1973

1066.-

1071.

Firemen battle fire at old Wilson’s Packing Co. building,

319 Spring Street Dec. 17, 1974

1072.

Firemen battle fire at old Wilson’s Packing Co. building,

319 Spring Street; fireman treats cut hand of Fireman L.E.

Lupo (back to camera)

Dec. 17, 1974

1073. Car wreck at 2900 block of Line Avenue; Shreveport police Jan. 2, 1975

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car driven by Patrolman E.W. Clinkscale struck car driven

by Robbie Narron

1074. Car wreck at Ockley Drive and Akard Avenue; driver Oren

A. Kirkpatrick injured Feb. 11, 1975

1075.-

1077. Car wreck on Market Street; driver B.J. Miles injured Feb. 11, 1975

1078.-

1081.

Truck wreck on Interstate 20 (I-20) in Bossier City; driver

Arthur E. Pierce trapped in cab Jul. 23, 1975

1082. Truck wreck at 1300 North Market Street; driver Bobby R.

Westmoreland uninjured Sep. 10, 1975

1083. Children at Creston Church Dec. 29, 1977

17 1084.-

1102. Train wreck/derailment at Goldonna, La. Dec. 28, 1977

1103.-

1105.

Citizen’s reaction to train wreck/derailment at Goldonna,

La.: Jack E. Easley, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gibson, and Vance

Terral

Jan. 6, 1978

1106.-

1108.

Cleanup/recovery of train wreck/derailment at Goldonna,

La. Jan. 6, 1978

1109.

Car wreck on Hearne Avenue; driver Judy W. McArthur

injured while 7-year old Tonya Duncan looks on;

unidentified woman holds 7-week old daughter of Judy

McArthur

Jan. 3, 1978

1110. Weather; winter ice at 1800 block of Highland and tree

damaged house Jan. 6, 1978

1111. Weather; winter ice at First Baptist Church Jan. 6, 1978

1112.-

1114. Weather; winter ice in wooded areas Jan. 6, 1978

1115. Weather; winter ice at 900 block of Slattery Street at

Fairfield Jan. 11, 1978

1116.-

1117. Weather; winter ice on plants Jan. 11, 1978

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1118. Weather; winter ice in a suburban neighborhood Jan. 11, 1978

1119. Weather; winter ice in a wooded area Jan. 11, 1978

1120. Weather; winter ice on street sign at Lake and Spring

Streets Jan. 25, 1978

1121. Teenage boy rides a skateboard pulled by his dog on

Herndon Street Jan. 24, 1978

1122. Unidentified man at podium n.d.

1123.-

1127.

Crash landing of a civilian Cessna 310 aircraft at Shreveport

Regional Airport Oct. 23, 1979

1128.-

1130. Bob Hope at the Independence Bowl in Shreveport Dec. 15, 1979

1131.

Bob Hope accepts the third annual Spirit of Independence

Award from General of the Army Omar N. Bradley at the

Independence Bowl in Shreveport

Dec. 15, 1979

“Assorted Best of Photographs” (1974-1975)

1132. Workmen battle fire at Atlas Processing Company plant,

3546 Midway Avenue Jun. 5, 1974

1133.

Shreveport Police arrest Lester R. Strong for attempted

bank robbery of the Louisiana Bank and Trust Co., 9181

Mansfield Road

Feb. 7, 1974

1134. Shreveport Police/medics carry woman on gurney,

Louisiana Bank and Trust n.d.

1135.

Shreveport Police arrest Billy R. Tatum and Jimmy L.

Smith on Murphy Street, suspects in armed robbery of

White’s Cleaners, 1327 Pierre

Dec. 16, 1974

1136.-

1142.

Firemen rescue Glenna H. Chamlee from car wreck at 70th

Street and Mansfield Road Dec. 30, 1974

1143. Terry Nichols, 8, hit by car at Catherine Street and

Kentucky Avenue while riding bicycle Jan. 27, 1975

1144.-

1146.

Tammie Freeman, 9, hit by car at Broadmoor Boulevard

and Stratford Street while riding bicycle Jan. 27, 1975

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18 1147. Bossier City Mayor James Cathey destroys pinball machine

seized at the Turf Lounge Jan. 7, 1975

1148. Forest Park Cemetery/Dead End sign juxtaposition Jan. 28, 1975

1149. Medical Center reflections, 1500 Elizabeth Avenue Feb. 10, 1975

1150. Reconstruction of damaged Pierre Bayou Bridge, north of

Natchitoches Jan. 30, 1975

1151.-

1152. Football quarterback Terry Bradshaw Jan. 17, 1975

1153. Actor Jack Elam Sep. 15, 1975

1154. Fireman battle an oil truck fire near Convention Center on

Clyde Fant Parkway Sep. 23, 1975

1155. Two men welding, The Fabsteel Co., 2900 Youree Drive Jan. 20, 1976

1156. Flathead Lake, Montana (color photograph) Jul. 2, 1975

1157.-

1165.

Firemen battle fire at creosote plant of Standard Wood

Preservers of Shreveport, 9700 Line Avenue Sep. 11, 1975

1166.-

1168.

Firemen battle fire at railroad tie plant of Moss American

Tie Co., Hamilton Road, Bossier City Sep. 24, 1975

1169.-

1177.

Firemen battle gasoline fire at Shreveport Tire and

Appliance Co., 5422 Mansfield Road Mar. 10, 1975

“Presidents and Politicians” (1972-1980)

1178.-

1181.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and entourage arriving at

Barksdale AFB; greeted by barefoot Gordon Lambert and

sockless Wesley D. Glassell

Jul. 4, 1967

1182.-

1185. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew at Barksdale AFB Apr. 24, 1972

1186.

Governor Edwin W. Edwards, inauguration day in Baton

Rouge, La.; Nolan Edwards, governor’s brother, administers

oath

May 9, 1972

1187.- Governor Edwin W. Edwards, inauguration day May 9, 1972

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1188.

1189.

Lt. Gov. James E. “Jimmy” Fitzmorris, Governor Edwin W.

Edwards and Attorney General William J. Guste, Jr.;

inauguration day

May 9, 1972

1190. John J. McKeithen, outgoing governor, and wife; Edwin W.

Edwards’ inauguration day May 9, 1972

1191.

John J. McKeithen, outgoing governor, and family; former

Governor Robert F. Kennon on left; Edwin W. Edwards’

inauguration day

May 9, 1972

1192. John J. McKeithen, outgoing governor, and Joe D.

Waggonner, Jr.; Edwin W. Edwards’ inauguration day May 9, 1972

1193. Lt. Gov. James E. “Jimmy” Fitzmorris and unidentified;

Edwin W. Edwards’ inauguration day May 9, 1972

1194. Senators Russell B. Long and Allen J. Ellender; Edwin W.

Edwards’ inauguration day May 9, 1972

1195.-

1196. Governor Edwin W. Edwards, inauguration day May 9, 1972

1197.-

1198.

George C. Wallace, governor of Alabama and presidential

candidate, at Shreveport Regional Airport Apr. 26, 1976

19 1199.-

1216. President Gerald R. Ford at Barksdale AFB Apr. 27, 1976

1217.

Distinguished guests at Barksdale AFB, left to right:

Lieutenant General Richard M. Hoban, commander, Eighth

Air Force; Shreveport Mayor L. Calhoun Allen, Jr.; Bossier

City Mayor James Cathey; President Gerald R. Ford;

Governor Edwin W. Edwards

Apr. 27, 1976

1218.-


1222. Governor Edwin W. Edwards kisses Tina Dowell, Queen

Holiday in Dixie, at Barksdale AFB Apr. 27, 1976

1223.-


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1235.-

1238.

Reception at the Woods home on Ellerbe Road, left to right:

Mrs. Dalton Woods, Mr. Woods, President Gerald R. Ford Apr. 27, 1976

1239.-

1241.

President Gerald R. Ford visits Tyler, Tex.; knocks hat off

an Apache Belle dancer at Tyler Junior College Apr. 28, 1976

1242.-

1243. President Gerald R. Ford departs from Barksdale AFB Apr. 28, 1976

20 1244.

Caddo District Attorney John A. Richardson (left) and

Louisiana Attorney General William J. Guste, Jr. announce

probe into Shreveport Public Safety Commissioner George

W. D’Artois and his department will continue

Jul. 23, 1976

1245.-

1246.

Arrest of Shreveport Public Safety Commissioner George

W. D’Artois Aug. 5, 1976

1247.-

1249.

Ronald Reagan campaigning for president in Shreveport

(arriving) May 5, 1976

1250. Ronald Reagan campaigning for president in Shreveport

(departing) May 6, 1976

1251.

Senator J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. at Barksdale AFB wearing

flying scarf and flight jacket adorned with 2d Bomb Wing

patch

Dec. 14, 1976

1252.

Governor David C. Treen, inauguration day in Baton

Rouge, La.; District Judge Doug Gonzales of Baton Rouge

administers oath while wife Dodie Treen looks on

Mar. 10, 1980

1253. Governor David C. Treen and wife Dodie Treen,

inauguration day Mar. 10, 1980

1254.-

1255.

Edwin W. Edwards, outgoing governor, and Governor

David C. Treen Mar. 10, 1980

1256.-

1257.

Governor David C. Treen and wife Dodie Treen,

inauguration day Mar. 10, 1980

1258. Texas Governor and Mrs. Bill Clements; Governor David

C. Treen’s inauguration day Mar. 10, 1980

1259. Former Governor Robert F. Kennon and Governor David C.

Treen Mar. 10, 1980

35

1260. Lt. Gov. Robert L. “Bobby” Freeman; Governor David C.

Treen’s inauguration day Mar. 10, 1980

1261. George J. Despot, La. State Republican Chairman;

Governor David C. Treen’s inauguration day Mar. 10, 1980

1262.-

1274.

Views of crowds and marching bands; Governor David C.

Treen’s inauguration day Mar. 10, 1980

1275. Swearing in of new state senators in Baton Rouge, La. Mar. 10, 1980

1276.

Return of some members of Northwest La. legislative

delegation in House chambers, Baton Rouge, La., left to

right: Bruce Lynn, Forrest Dunn, B.F. O’Neal, Art Sour,

and Loy Weaver

Mar. 10, 1980

1277.-

1278.

Swearing in of new state senators in Baton Rouge, La., left

to right: Foster Campbell of Bossier City, Syd Nelson and

Richard Neeson, both of Shreveport

Mar. 10, 1980

1279. Swearing in of new state senators in Baton Rouge, La., two

unidentified men Mar. 10, 1980

1280.-

1281. Caddo Sherriff Harold Terry Jun. 16, 1980

1282. President Jimmy Carter in Texarkana Oct. 22, 1980

Hurricane Carla, 1961

21 1283.-

1368.

This album contains 86 photographs taken by Langston

MacEachern in September 1961 documenting the effects of

Hurricane Carla in Holly Beach and Hackberry, Louisiana,

and Houston, Port Lavaca, and Galveston, Texas. The

photographs include water inundated homes and businesses

in Holly Beach, evacuees from coastal areas, a National

Guard soldier rescuing a pig from the storm surge in

Hackberry, views of the Intracoastal Waterway, numerous

beached boats, flooded/wrecked automobiles, damaged

store fronts in Houston, wind damaged road signs near Port

Lavaca, and devastated homes and businesses in Galveston.

Sep. 13, 1961

“Sports” (football, basketball, Shreveport Sports baseball, boxing, women’s golf)

22 1369.-

1395.

Football, high school: C.E. Byrd High School, Fair Park

High School, etc. n.d.

36

1396.-

1397.

Football, college: Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Tex.: University of

Kentucky (20) v. Texas Christian University (7) Jan. 1, 1952

1398.-

1401. Basketball, college: Centenary, Northwestern State, etc. n.d.

1402.-

1413. Baseball, Shreveport Sports n.d.

1414.-

1422. Boxing n.d.

1423.-

1424. Boxing: Bill Knauer (right) v. Doug Ellwood Jul. 1, 1954

1425. Golf, women’s n.d.

II. WORLD WAR II PHOTOGRAPHS

23 1426.-

1463.

Fort F.E. Warren, Wyoming: post architecture; rodeo; local

landscapes (mountains, lakes, forests, and valleys); combat

obstacle course; wedding in post chapel; unidentified U.S.

Army personnel

1941-1943

1464.-

1474.

Celebrities: Jack Carson, Ann Sheridan, Phil Silvers, Bing

Crosby, Jane Wyman, Adolphe J. Menjou, Frank McHugh,

etc.

1941-1943

1475.-

1535.

Guadalcanal: Mosquito Network military radio newscasters;

military cemetery; American Red Cross Service Club;

military barracks and tents; tractors and grading equipment;

port facilities and cargo ships; Langston McEachern and

Army buddies posing with the beached Japanese cargo ship

Kinugawa Maru; beach scenes; jungle scenes; Guadalcanal

natives

1943-1945

1536.-

1541.

Guadalcanal, colorized photos: beached Japanese cargo ship

Kyusyu Maru; Guadalcanal natives; beach scenes; jungle

scenes

1943-1945

1542. Langston McEachern examining infrared photos,

Guadalcanal Jul. 16, 1945

1543.-

1552.

Military training in the Pacific, unidentified location:

flamethrower demonstration; combat engineer heavy ca. 1944-1945

37

equipment; 105mm howitzer; DUKW amphibious vehicles

1553.-

1556.

Military training in the Pacific, unidentified location:

soldiers transport a 37mm antitank gun across a river via

raft and reassemble for firing

ca. 1944-1945

1557. Military training in the Pacific, unidentified location:

soldiers practice swimming with rubber rafts ca. 1944-1945

1558.-

1560.

Major General George W. Griner, commander, 27th

Infantry Division, greeting an unidentified lieutenant

general arriving at an unidentified Pacific airfield via B-24

bomber

ca. 1944-1945

1561.-

1564.

Langston McEachern aboard the attack transport ship USS

Callaway (APA-35) 1944

1565.-

1566.

U.S. soldiers and sailors disembarking from a hospital ship,

unidentified location ca. 1944-1945

1567.-

1570.

U.S. Navy landing ships, tank (LST), escort carrier and

other naval vessels in the Pacific, unidentified location(s) ca. 1944-1945

1571.-

1594.

Ruins of downtown Manila, Philippines, including the

Parliament Building, University of Santo Tomas and

interior and exterior views of St. Augustine Church

1945

1595.-

1598.

Langston McEachern posing with a wrecked U.S. Sherman

tank nicknamed the “The Buccaneer” in the ruins of Manila,

Philippines

1945

1599.-

1600. Russian military delegation in Manila, Philippines 1945

1601.-

1616.

City scenes in Manila, Philippines, including the Silver

Dollar Café & Restaurant, Chinese Sun Studio, Chinese

Garden, American Red Cross Club, Cine Astor theater,

Times Theatre, Base Exchange/Souvenir Store Branch No.

821, Roosevelt Building and the Avenue Hotel

1945

1617.-

1622.

Rural scenes of the Philippines, including a U.S. Army

patrol in action 1945

1623.-

1636.

Filipinos in market places and at work in fields with a water

buffalo 1945

38

1637.-

1641.

War crimes trial of Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita

before an American military tribunal in Manila, Philippines 1945

1642.-

1644. Miyanoshita, Japan, 60 miles southwest of Yokohama Sep. 7, 1945

1645.

General der Infanterie Hermann Foertsch, commander-in-

chief of the German 1st Army, prepares to surrender to the

U.S. Army near Munich, Germany (this is not a Langston

McEachern photo; credit to U.S. Army Signal Corps)

May 4, 1945

1646.-

1649.

German surrender at Rheims, France: Generaloberst Alfred

Jodl signs on behalf of Germany as Generaladmiral Hans-

Georg von Friedeburg witnesses (these are not Langston

McEachern photos; credit to U.S. Army Signal Corps)

May 7, 1945

1650.-

1652.

German surrender in Berlin, Germany:

Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel and Generaloberst

Hans-Jürgen Stumpff sign on behalf of Germany (these are

not Langston McEachern photos; credit to U.S. Army

Signal Corps)

May 8, 1945

1653.

Technician Third Grade (T/3) Langston McEachern in U.S.

Army uniform with full insignia, campaign ribbons and

Honorable Discharge Lapel Pin (“Ruptured Duck”) badge

1945

Guadalcanal Photograph Album (117 lvs.)

24 1654.

This album contains 234 photographs from Langston

McEachern’s tour of duty as a U.S. Army photographer on

Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The photographs

include Bob Hope and his troupe performing a beachfront

USO show, Langston McEachern and other U.S. Army

personnel in a variety of settings, local wildlife, beach and

jungle scenes, mountains and valleys, Guadalcanal natives,

military barracks and tents, and the beached Japanese cargo

ships Kinugawa Maru and Kyusyu Maru.

1943-1944

III. DRY MOUNTED, MATTED AND OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS

25 1655. Langston McEachern, U.S. Army, Fort F. E. Warren, Wyo.;

colorized portrait in service dress uniform Apr. 14, 1942

1656.

Sergeant Langston McEachern, U.S. Army, Fort F.E.

Warren, Wyo.; portrait in service dress uniform with Signal

Corps branch insignia, 7th Corps Area Service Command

ca. 1941-1943

39

shoulder patch, marksmanship badges, American Defense

Service Medal ribbon and whistle with lanyard chain

1657.

Sergeant Langston McEachern, U.S. Army, Fort F.E.

Warren, Wyo.; pose with camera, helmet, overcoat and

Thompson submachine gun

ca. 1941-1943

1658.

Sergeant Langston McEachern, U.S. Army providing cover

with a Thompson submachine gun for a technician fourth

grade taking a photograph with camera, Fort F.E. Warren,

Wyo.

ca. 1941-1943

1659.

Corporal/Sergeant Langston McEachern, U.S. Army, Fort

F.E. Warren, Wyo.; pose with Graflex and Speed Graphic

cameras; front and back mounted photographs, single dry

mounted board

ca. 1941-1943

1660.

Sergeant Langston McEachern, U.S. Army developing

photographic film at Fort F.E. Warren, Wyo. and view of

mountains; front and back mounted photographs, single dry

mounted board

ca. 1942-1943

n.d.

1661. Two unidentified soldiers, a corporal and technician fifth

grade, atop Lookout Mountain, Colo. ca. 1941-1943

1662. View of a snow-covered mountain with river in foreground,

unidentified location; colorized photograph ca. 1941-1943

1663. View of a snow-covered mountain with tree-lined lake/river

in foreground, unidentified location; colorized photograph ca. 1941-1943

1664. View of a snow-covered mountain with tree-lined lake/river

in foreground, unidentified location; colorized photograph ca. 1941-1943

1665. United States flag flying at half mast, unidentified location;

colorized photograph ca. 1941-1943

1666. “King of the Island”: Guadalcanal native in canoe 1944

1667. “Twin Palms”: Palm trees in the South Pacific ca. 1944

1668. View of a palm tree-lined beach and native village on

Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands ca. 1944

1669. Ruins of the Parliament Building in downtown Manila,

Philippines (also see photo #1571.-1594.) 1945

40

26 1670. Aerial view of Shreveport: Downtown looking north toward

Red River and Downtown Airport 1947

1671. Aerial view of Barksdale AFB: Looking east to

headquarters building and standpipe 1947

1672.

Train wreck/derailment near Jefferson, Tex. [Texas and

Pacific Railroad]; aerial views of wreck site (also see photo

#754.-755.)

Oct. 25, 1947

1673. Wooden oil well near Oil City, La. 1948

1674. Aerial view of Shreveport: Downtown looking north toward

Red River and Downtown Airport 1948

1675.

Henry A. Wallace, 1948 Progressive Party presidential

candidate, egged at KTBS TV during a speech there (also

see photo #830.-831.)

Sep. 2, 1948

1676. Tornado damage at Warren, Ark.; aerial view of destroyed

lumber mill (also see photo #734.-736.) Jan. 3, 1949

1677. Left to right: Mickey Rooney, Dudley J. LeBlanc and Miss

Frances Woodall Aug. 31, 1950

1678.-

1680.

Train wreck/derailment near Lettsworth, La.: KCS Southern

Belle v. troop train (also see photo #757.-765.) Aug. 10, 1951

27 1681.

Governor Robert F. Kennon, inauguration day in Baton

Rouge, La.; Chief Justice John B. Fournet administers oath

(also see photo #837.-839.)

May 13, 1952

1682. “Chow”: Young mockingbirds in the nest (also see photo

#55.-56.) Jun. 1952

1683. “Ike”: Dwight D. Eisenhower campaigning for president at

Shreveport Regional Airport (also see photo #832.-836.) Oct. 15, 1952

1684.

Deaths of Bossier Parish Deputy Maurice Miller and

Shreveport Police Chief Edward G. Huckabay in shootout

with Ed “Man” West in Bossier Parish; layout: 8

photographs

Feb. 27, 1954

1685. Deaths of Bossier Parish Deputy Maurice Miller and

Shreveport Police Chief Edward G. Huckabay in shootout Feb. 27, 1954

41


photographs

1686.




photographs

Feb. 27, 1954

1687.-

1688.

“Last Attack”: Deaths of Bossier Parish Deputy Maurice

Miller and Shreveport Police Chief Edward G. Huckabay in

shootout with Ed “Man” West in Bossier Parish

Feb. 27, 1954

1689.



with Ed “Man” West in Bossier Parish; Hattie London,

mother of Ed “Man” West prays for her son

Feb. 27, 1954

1690.

““The Sheriff Weeps”: Deaths of Bossier Parish Deputy

Maurice Miller and Shreveport Police Chief Edward G.

Huckabay in shootout with Ed “Man” West in Bossier

Parish; Bossier Parish Sheriff William E. Waggonner weeps

over death of his two friends

Feb. 27, 1954

28 1691.-

1692.

Delta Airlines DC-3 airplane crash near Waskom, Tex.; 19

killed (also see photo #1013.-1018.) May 17, 1953

1693. “Keys to Conflagration”: Firemen battle fire at Highland

Baptist Church (also see photo #1010.-1012.) Jan. 26, 1955

1694.

“Flyin’ Furnace”: Firemen battle fire engulfing a Convair

CV-340-42 cargo aircraft (registration # N8420H) operated

by United Gas Co. at Shreveport Regional Airport (also see

photo #79.-84.)

Oct. 19, 1955

1695. Aerial view of State Fair Grounds (“one of a kind photo”)

(also see photo #94.) Oct. 26, 1955

1696.

“Captured Aggressor”: U.S. Army maneuvers, Exercise

Sagebrush; simulated enemy or aggressor force troops

captured by friendly forces on Highway 1 (also see photo

#1030.-1034.)

Nov. 3, 1955

1697.-

1698.

“Refueling”: Aerial refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47E

Stratojet bomber from a KC-97 over Bossier

Base/Barksdale AFB, La. (also see photo #86.-92.)

Jun. 5, 1956

42

1699.-

1700.

“Peel Off”: Aerial refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47E

Stratojet bomber from a KC-97 over Bossier

Base/Barksdale AFB, La. (also see photo #86.-92.)

Jun. 5, 1956

29 1701.-

1702.

“Cooling Off”: Firemen battle fire at Pel-State Oil Company

Service Station at Kings Highway and Mansfield Road (also

see photo #1035.)

Aug. 12, 1956

1703.

“A Day of Flood”: Aerial views of flooding of Sabine and

Red Rivers; two-sided layout: 12 photographs (also see

photo #128.-142.)

May 3-14, 1957

1704. Harold “Happy” Kellems the circus clown (also see photo

#163.-166.) Sep. 12, 1957

1705. Train wreck/derailment north of Mansfield near Holly, La.

[KCS Railroad] (also see photo #178.) Nov. 2, 1957

1706.

“Flame Out”: Crash of U.S. Air Force TF-102A jet fighter

trainer near Dixie, La.; 1 airman killed (also see photo

#197.-200.)

Jan. 18, 1958

30 1707.

“Fire and Rescue”: Firemen battle fire at Virginia-Carolina

Chemical Corporation, 1801 Kings Highway; Fire Captain

E. H. Cheek injured; two-sided layout: 5 photographs (also

see photo #214.-216.)

Sep. 13, 1958

1708. “Duke”: John Wayne filming on the set of the movie Horse

Soldiers near Natchitoches, La. (also see photo #927.) Oct. 29, 1958

1709.

Filming of the movie Horse Soldiers; destruction of the

bridge over the Cane River; two-sided layout: 8

photographs (also see photo #966.-976.)

Dec. 4, 1958

1710.

“Broken Arrow”: Crash of U.S. Air Force C-124A cargo

aircraft carrying three nuclear weapons, Barksdale AFB, La.

(also see photo #287.-293.)

Jul. 6, 1959

1711.-

1712.

Earl K. Long speaking in Haynesville, La. for reelection as

governor (also see photo #300.-302.) Aug. 24, 1959

1713. “Fingers of Age”: Old trees, unidentified location 1959

31 1714.-

1726.

Landscapes, various, including views of Bryce Canyon

National Park, Utah; Estes Park, Colorado; and Snowy

Range, Wyoming

ca. 1950s

43

32 1727. Harvey LeVan Cliburn (color photograph) (also see photo

#903.) n.d.

1728. Washington-Youree Hotel, view from Travis Street n.d.

1729. Washington-Youree Hotel, view from Market Street n.d.

1730.

Intersection of Wall and Nassau Streets, New York City;

statue of George Washington at Federal Hall National

Memorial in foreground; Trinity Church in background

n.d.

1731. “Commercial Flood”: Aerial view of flooding at the

Appaloosa Horse Ranch at Cooterville, La. n.d.

1732. La. State Fair Rodeo n.d.

1733. “Dusting”: Biplane crop dusting cotton fields near

Natchitoches, La. Mar. 1949

1734. Automobile Thrill Show: Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers,

State Fair Grounds Oct. 26, 1946

1735.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota and

Buffaloes on Meade Reservation, South Dakota (also see

photo #366.); front and back mounted photographs, single

dry mounted board

n.d.

Jun. 22, 1960

1736.

Funeral of former governor Earl K. Long at Winnfield, La.;

pall bearers carry his casket past rows of mourners (also see

photo #350.-352.)

Sep. 7, 1960

1737.

John F. Kennedy campaigning for president in Texarkana;

layout: 4 photographs (also see photo #614.-616.); and

Danny Borzage filming on the set of the movie Horse

Soldiers near Natchitoches, La. (also see photo #946); front

and back mounted photographs, single dry mounted board

Sep. 13, 1960

Nov. 7, 1958

1738.-

1739.

Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigning for president

in Lafayette, La. (also see photo #337.-349.) Sep. 24, 1960

1740.

Vice President Richard M. Nixon campaigning for president

in Lafayette, La. (also see photo #337.-349.); layout: 4

photographs; and unidentified train wreck/derailment; front

and back mounted photographs, single dry mounted board

Sep. 24, 1960

n.d.

44

33 1741.

Dr. Wernher von Braun discusses third generation space

rockets at the Washington-Youree Hotel (also see photo

#355.)

Sep. 30, 1960

1742.-

1743.

Ku Klux Klan meeting near Coushatta, La. (also see photo

#367.-394.) Feb. 14, 1961

1744. Hurricane Carla: Two-sided layout: 12 photographs Sep. 1961

1745. Hurricane Carla: Sunken boat in Port Lavaca, Tex. (also see

Box 21) Sep. 1961

1746. Hurricane Carla: National Guard soldiers wade through the

storm surge in Holly Beach, La. (also see Box 21) Sep. 1961

1747. Hurricane Carla: National Guard soldier rescuing a pig from

the storm surge in Holly Beach, La. (also see Box 21) Sep. 1961

1748.

John Diamond, 3-year-old boy, eyes Thanksgiving turkey

during family prayer led by actor Joe Hayes (also see photo

#509.-510.)

Nov. 20, 1962

1749.-

1750.

Barry Goldwater campaigning for president at Shreveport

Regional Airport (also see photo #588.-613.) Sep. 17, 1964

34 1751.

Shreveport Police arrest escaped convicts Dan Edward

Robertson and Harry Matthew Sliman; layout: 5


May 19, 1965

1752.


Robertson and Harry Matthew Sliman; layout: 5


May 19, 1965

1753.-

1754.


Robertson and Harry Matthew Sliman (also see photo

#695.-703.)

May 19, 1965

1755. Firemen battle fire at three homes caused by an explosion at

a rooming house at 445 Dalzell Street; 2 occupants injured Aug. 3, 1966

1756.-

1758.

“Sooo Sorry”: President Lyndon B. Johnson and entourage

arriving at Barksdale AFB; greeted by barefoot Gordon

Lambert and sockless Wesley D. Glassell (also see photo

#1178.-1181.)

Jul. 4, 1967

1759. Train v. truck wreck at Flournoy-Lucas Road intersection Apr. 22, 1969

45

by La. Highway 1; brothers Ernest Glen and Henry Edward

Blanchard killed

1760.

Shreveport Mayor Clyde E. Fant at a groundbreaking

ceremony with Lieutenant General David Wade,

commander, Second Air Force

n.d.

35 1761. Damaged house and car, unidentified location n.d.

1762. Train wreck/derailment at Logansport, La.; layout: 6

photographs May 16, 1969

1763. Train wreck/derailment at Logansport, La.; layout: 5

photographs May 16, 1969

1764. “Shoot Out”: Mock gunfight in the streets of Logansport,

La.; two-sided layout: 8 photographs n.d.

1765.

“Whose Pocket?”: Governor-Elect Edwin W. Edwards

jokingly reaches into the pants pocket of Shreveport Mayor

L. Calhoun Allen, Jr. on Market Street

Apr. 7, 1972

1766. Shreveport Public Safety Commissioner George W.

D’Artois examines a seized aircraft filled with marijuana Apr. 12, 1972

1767. Vice President Spiro T. Agnew at Barksdale AFB (also see

photo #1182.-1185.) Apr. 24, 1972

1768.


Rouge, La.; Nolan Edwards, governor’s brother, administers

oath (also see photo #1186.-1196.)

May 9, 1972

1769.-

1770.

Firemen battle fire at Fruehauf Trailer Company, 2401

Grimmett Drive (also see photo #1051.) Jul. 27, 1972

36 1771.-

1772.

George C. Wallace, governor of Alabama and presidential

candidate, at Shreveport Regional Airport (also see photo

#1197.-1198.)

Apr. 26, 1976

1773. President Gerald R. Ford at Barksdale AFB (also see photo

#1199.-1243.) Apr. 27, 1976

1774.

“Oops”: President Gerald R. Ford visits Tyler, Tex.; knocks

hat off an Apache Belle dancer at Tyler Junior College (also

see photo #1199.-1243.)

Apr. 28, 1976

46

1775.

Reporters record voices from the home of former


D’Artois at 633 Ashbourne Drive during his armed standoff

with deputies prior to his arrest

Apr. 19, 1977

1776. Firemen battle fire at Shaffer-Stein Waste Paper Corp., 555

Aero Drive Apr. 28, 1977

1777. Exhausted firemen use oxygen while battling fire at Shaffer-

Stein Waste Paper Corp., 555 Aero Drive Apr. 28, 1977

1778. Fireman takes a break to drink from fire hose while battling

fire at Shaffer-Stein Waste Paper Corp., 555 Aero Drive Apr. 28, 1977

1779. “There’s Hope”: Bob Hope at the Independence Bowl in

Shreveport (also see photo #1128.-1131.) Dec. 15, 1979

37 1780.

Man and woman, unidentified, camping in the woods with

an International camper and a Pontiac station wagon; United

States and Louisiana flags fly over the camper; two-seater

bicycle at the campsite

n.d.

1781.

Shreveport Police arrest Byron D. Hines and Antonia Hayes

for armed robbery of the Peoples Bank & Trust Co.

Monkhouse Drive Branch

Jan. 7, 1980

1782.

Governor David C. Treen, inauguration day in Baton

Rouge, La.; District Judge Doug Gonzales of Baton Rouge

administers oath while wife Dodie Treen looks on (also see

photo #1252.-1274.)

Mar. 10, 1980

1783. Edwin W. Edwards, outgoing governor, and Governor

David C. Treen (also see photo #1252.-1274.) Mar. 10, 1980

1784.

Truck wreck on Interstate 20 (I-20) East near Industrial

Road in Bossier City; Canuto M. Alamanza, driver, and

Curtis G. Smith, passenger, slightly injured

Mar. 13, 1981

1785. Shreveport Police challenge a DUI suspect during a traffic

stop Mar. 16, 1981

1786.-

1788.

Crash of civilian Beechcraft Bonanza airplane near the

Shreveport Downtown Airport; 3 killed and 1 injured May 28, 1981

38 1789. Crash landing of a civilian Cessna 150 aircraft on Hearne

Avenue near Interstate 20 (I-20); pilot Roy Duckett Jan. 19, 1982

47

uninjured

1790.-

1793.

Aerial views of flooding at Winnfield, Alexandra, and

Cypress, La. Dec. 31, 1982

1794. Cat and goldfish bowl Dec. 1982

39 1795.

Buffaloes butting heads on Yellowstone River, Yellowstone

National Park; color photograph mounted on wood framed

canvas

May 7, 1991

1796. Flowers along Highway 390 near Brenham, Tex. (color

photograph) 1994

1797. Flowers and cows near Brenham, Tex. (color photograph) 1994

1798. Anasazi Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colo.

(color photograph) n.d.

1799. McDonald Brothers’ Sawmill, Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia,

Canada (color photograph) n.d.

1800. Ram, unidentified location (color photograph) n.d.

1801. Langston and Robbie McEachern (color photograph) Feb. 1994

40 1802.

Aerial view of Shreveport: Downtown looking north toward

Red River and Downtown Airport; glass and wood framed

photograph

ca. 1947-1948

1803. View of snow-covered mountains; unidentified location

(color photograph) n.d.

1804. View of snow-covered mountains; unidentified location

(color photograph) Apr. 22, 1977

1805. View of Dream Lake and Hallett Peak, Rocky Mountain

National Park, Colo. (color photograph) Jul. 1984

IV. ASSORTED PHOTOGRAPHS

41 1806.-

1868.

Aerial views of Shreveport: Downtown, industrial, and

residential areas 1950-1975

42 1869.-

1914.



48

43 1915.-

1957.



44 Aerial views of Shreveport: Industries and businesses

1958.-1964. Atlas Processing Company

May 5, 1964

Sep. 19, 1975

Aug. 18, 1976

Apr. 20, 1978

1965.-1978. AMF Beaird, Inc.

Feb. 10, 1964

Apr. 15, 1964

Jun. 11, 1964

Feb. 19, 1973

Jan. 24, 1977

1979.-1998. General Motors Assembly Division Plant

Apr. 17, 1978

Oct. 17, 1978

Nov. 1, 1979

1999.-2003. Libby Glass Plant Sep. 1, 1971

Apr. 20, 1978

2004. Slack Depot and railroad siding, adjacent to AMF

Beaird, Inc. Aug. 20, 1976

45 Aerial views of Shreveport: Industries, businesses, schools,

and apartment complexes

2005. Aspen Apartments (9730 Baird Road) Oct. 2, 1978

2006. Beaird-Poulan (5020 Flournoy Lucas Road) Dec. 1974

2007.-2008. Bird & Son Inc. Roofing Materials (620 Aero Drive) Jan. 24, 1977

2009.-2010. W.K.M. Brewster Co. (740 N Market) Jan. 24, 1977

2011. Caddo Parish School Board Offices (1961 Midway

Avenue) Aug. 20, 1976

2012. Chimney Hill Apartments (5660 S Lakeshore Drive) Dec. 23, 1977

2013.-2014. Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (305 Stoner Avenue) Dec. 1974

2015. Eastgate Plaza Shopping Center (E 70th Street) Jan. 24, 1977

2016. Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary School (626

Eden Blvd.) Apr. 6, 1979

2017.-2019. General Electric Transformer Plant Feb. 13, 1970

Apr. 17, 1978

2020.-2022. Gould Automotive Battery Division Plant (6901

Westport Avenue) Oct. 24, 1977

2023. Grant’s Plaza Shopping Center (9140 Mansfield

Road) Sep. 20, 1974

2024. Kelly’s Truck Terminal on Interstate 20 (I-20) 1974

2025. Laurel Parc (formerly Timber Ridge) Apartments

(8601 Millicent Way) Oct. 6, 1978

2026. Louisiana State Police Headquarters, Troop G

(Bossier City) Dec. 21, 1977

49

2027. Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS) Aug. 27, 1976

2028. Lucas Sewer Treatment Plant Aug. 18, 1976

2029.-2031. Mall St. Vincent Aug. 18, 1976

Apr. 20, 1978

2032. Overpass at Mansfield Road and Inner Loop

Expressway (La. Hwy 3132) n.d.

2033. Roadway Express Inc. (7200 West Park Road) Dec. 1974

2034. Seasons Apartments (9100 Walker Road) Dec. 23, 1977

2035.-2036. Shreve City Shopping Center Dec. 20, 1961

Aug. 20, 1978

2037.-2042. South Park Mall (8924 Jewella Road)

Sep. 1974

Dec. 1974

Oct. 24, 1977

Apr. 6, 1979

2043.

Southern Hills Elementary School (9075 Kingston

Road); Bert Kouns Industrial Loop under

construction

Feb. 3, 1976

2044.-2045. Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)

Plant (Common Street) Feb. 1975

2046.-2049. Standard Wood Preservers of Shreveport (Line

Avenue) Sep. 12, 1956

2050. Industrial area at Texas and Allen Avenues n.d.

2051. TG&Y Stores Warehouse (810 W 70th Street) Aug. 20, 1976

2052.-2054. UOP Plant (Old Mooringsport Road) Feb. 13, 1970

Apr. 17, 1978

2055.-2058. Western Electric Plant (later, AT&T, Lucent

Technologies, etc.) (Mansfield Road)

Dec. 1974

Oct. 17, 1978

2059.-2061. Willow Trace Apartments (8100 Pines Road) Oct. 6, 1978

46 2062.-

2090.

Aerial views of Bossier City: Downtown, industrial, and


2091.-

2138.

Agriculture: Cotton, rice, sesame, and soybean

planting/harvesting; pine forests; cow pastures; livestock

(Ken Aclin & Langston McEachern photos)

1954-1978

47 2139. Airport, Shreveport Downtown: Hangar housing Southern

Aviation Repair Station No. 1374 n.d.

2140.-

2152.

Airport, Shreveport Regional: Aerial and exterior views;

Braniff and Delta Air Lines aircraft 1950s-1970s

2153.-

2154.

Allen, L. Calhoun Jr.: Ticket ceremony with Mayor-elect

Billy Hanna, Virginia K. Shehee and Bossier City Mayor

Marvin Anding; groundbreaking ceremony with Mayor-

elect Billy Hanna for new Exposition Hall

Nov. 20-21,

1978

50

2155.-

2188.

Aviation, general: Royale Air Lines; Goodyear Blimp

Mayflower NC-10A; parachuting; U.S. Air Force (USAF)

Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star; USAF Boeing B-29

Superfortress; USAF Boeing RB-52B Stratofortress; U.S.

Coast Guard helicopter; Sikorsky S-58 helicopters (Humble

Oil & Refining Co., Houston, Tex.); flight controllers; U.S.

Army aerial demonstrations at closure of Camp Polk, La.;

Beechcraft AT-7; Beechcraft A-10; Curtiss A-12 Shrike;

Northrop A-17A; Vultee BT-15; Bell P-39 Airacobra

1940s-1970s

48 2189.-

2263.

Barksdale AFB, La.: Aerial views; base headquarters;

hospital; Hangar One; Chapel One; enlisted barracks;

Wherry family housing; historic family housing; golf

course; Bossier Base; air shows; U.S. Air Force aircraft

(Cessna A-37 Dragonfly; Boeing B-17; Boeing B-36

Peacekeeper; North American XB-45/B-45A Tornado;

Boeing B-47 Stratojet; Boeing B-52F/G Stratofortress;

Douglas C-74 Globemaster I; Douglas C-124 Globemaster

II; North American F-100 Super Sabre “Thunderbirds”;

Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly helicopter; Boeing KC-97

Stratotanker; Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker; Lockheed

P-80A Shooting Star; Sikorsky R-6A Hoverfly II helicopter;

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star); U.S. Air Force missiles

(JB-2; AGM-28 Hound Dog; ADM-20 Quail)

1948-1977

49 2264.-

2309.

Barnwell Memorial Garden and Art Center, Shreveport:

Aerial, exterior, and interior views 1970-1978

50 2310.-

2411.

Bridges: Shreveport Interstate 20 (I-20) Bridge; Shreveport-

Barksdale Bridge; Shreveport Dixie Overland and Traffic

Bridge (including demolition on Jul. 30, 1968)

1954-1968

51

Bridges: Shreveport Illinois Central Railroad Bridge;

Shreveport Cotton Belt Railroad Bridge; Shreveport Jimmie

Davis Bridge; Shreveport Cross Bayou Bridge; Shreveport

Interstate 220 (I-220) Bridge; Miller’s Bluff Bridge on Red

River between Plain Dealing and Hosston; Red River

Bridge at Coushatta, La.

1954-1978

52 2412.-

2486.

Buildings, Shreveport: Old Municipal Court building;

Strand Theatre; Washington-Youree Hotel, demolition of

(Jim Bush photos); 728 Austen Place; Canaan Towers

Apartments; Shotgun houses on Ford and Clay Streets; M.

Levy Co.; Shreveport Municipal Incinerator (Kings

Highway); Hirsch Memorial Coliseum; Sears Store at future

1954-1980

51

site of Mall St. Vincent; Old City Hall, demolition of;

Caddo-Shreveport Health Center; U.S. Post Office (2400

Texas Ave.); Barret School; Masonic Temple; Shreveport

Civic Theatre; American Tower; United Mercantile Bank;

Buckner Square; Caddo Rifle and Pistol Club; T. L. Amiss

Water Purification Plant (3205 Blanchard Road); historic

homes; various downtown and residential areas

2487.-

2488.

Buildings, Bossier Parish: Louisiana State Police

Headquarters, Troop G (Bossier City); Bossier Parish

Courthouse (Benton)

1978

53 2489.-

2507.

Centenary College: Aerial and ground-level views of the

campus, including the Gold Dome arena 1958-1971

2508.-

2552.

Churches, Shreveport: First Baptist (Travis & McNeil);

First Baptist (543 Ockley Drive); University Church of

Christ (Billy Upshaw photo); Fairfield Presbyterian; Kings

Highway Christian; Broadmoor Baptist (Lloyd Stilley

photo); Broadmoor Methodist; Broadmoor Presbyterian;

First Methodist; Brown Chapel, Centenary College; St.

Mark’s Episcopalian; Noel Memorial Methodist; St. Paul’s

Episcopal; St. John Berchmans Cathedral; Holy Trinity

Catholic; Church of the Holy Cross Episcopal; First

Presbyterian (400 Travis Street); St. Mary of the Pines

Catholic; Queensborough Baptist (2820 West College)

(John A. Moore & Langston McEachern photos); Highland

Baptist; Lakeshore Church of Christ (later, Sunrise Baptist);

unidentified churches

1955-1976

2553. Churches, other: Mission San Jose, San Antonio, Tex. n.d.

54. 2554.-

2556.

City Council, Shreveport: Swearing in of council members

(left to right): Hilry Huckaby, District A; John E. Scotto, Jr.,

District E; M. Thomas Arceneaux, District C; William H.

Bush, District D; Keith W. Peterson, Jr., District F; Gregory

W. Tarver, District G

Nov. 23, 1982

2557.-

2574.

Civic Center, Shreveport: Aerial, exterior, and interior

views, including dedication ceremony, council chambers

and city jail (Lloyd Stilley & Langston McEachern photos)

1958-1965

2575.-

2582.

Clubs, Shreveport (aerial views): American Legion Hall;

East Ridge Country Club; Shreveport County Club;

Shreveport Yacht Club

1974-1978

52

2583.-

2603.

Courthouses, Caddo Parish and Federal, Shreveport: Aerial

and exterior views 1973-1980

55. 2604.-

2677.

Fair Grounds, State: Aerial views of Fair Grounds; state

fairs; livestock shows; circuses; carnivals; rodeos (Lloyd

Stilley, Billy Upshaw, Terry R. Vaughan & Langston

McEachern photos)

1955-1979

56. 2678.-

2697.

Fant, Clyde, Parkway: Aerial views of construction

progress, including pre-construction photos of future site of

the parkway, and a 1974 aerial image of the Waddell “A”

truss bridge over Cross Bayou

1958-1980

2698.-

2710.

Fires/Firefighters: Shreveport firefighters on strike; house

fires; forest fires 1976-1979

57 2711.-

2730.

Governors, Louisiana: Governor Jimmie Davis and Senator

Allen J. Ellender, n.d.; Governor Robert F. Kennon,

inauguration day in Baton Rouge, La., May 13, 1952;


Rouge, La., May 9, 1972 (Lloyd Stilley & Langston

McEachern photos)

1952-1972

2731.-

2748.

Industry, Shreveport: Atlas Processing Company; Baifield

Industries, Inc., Flournoy Lucas Road (Lloyd Stilley &

Langston McEachern photos); The Fabsteel Co., 2900

Youree Drive; General Motors Assembly Division,

Shreveport, dedication ceremony, Senator Russell B. Long

(left) and GM President F. James McDonald (seated)

1966-1981

2749.-

2751.

Industry, other: Lone Star Steel Co., Tex.; Schlitz Brewery,

Longview, Tex. 1953-1975

2752.-

2760.

Keatchie, La.: Presbyterian Church; Methodist Church;

Baptist Church; Masonic Lodge; Confederate Cemetery Oct. 19-20, 1980

58 2761.-

2813.

Lakes, Northwest Louisiana: Aerial views of lakes,

including Lake Bistineau, Caddo Lake, Caney Lake, Cross

Lake, Cypress Lake, Lake D’Arbonne and Lake Erling

ca. 1950s-1978

59 2814.-

2859.

Lakes, Northwest Louisiana: Shore-level views of Lake

Bistineau, Caddo Lake, Cross Lake, etc., including low

water levels, pontoon boat Toldeo Princess, sailboats,

speedboats, water skiing, piers, dock houses, Cypress trees,

Amphicar, fishing, swimming, and other recreational

activities

ca. 1950s-1978

53

60 2860.-

2882.

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum, Shreveport: Aerial,

exterior, and interior views, including exhibits; Dr. H.

Brainard Wright, museum curator; Jean Despujols

1954-ca.1960s

2883. McEachern, Langston: Mobile telephone in car (Bill

Alexander photo) Feb. 3, 1954

2884.-

2905.

R. W. Norton Art Gallery, Shreveport: Aerial, exterior, and

interior views, including exhibits 1960-1966

61 2906.-

2942.

Parks, Shreveport and State: Aerial views of Shreveport

Sports Baseball Stadium, Independence Stadium, and

Hirsch Memorial Coliseum; Ford Park; Highland Park; A.

B. Palmer Park; Veterans Park; Texas Tourist Center at

Waskom; La. Tourist Centers on Interstate 20 (I-20)

1959-1978

2943.-

2946.

Police, Shreveport and State: Policemen practice pistol

marksmanship; one-armed man in court; State Policeman

makes a traffic stop

1950s-1979

62 2947.-

2990.

Red River: Aerial and water-level views, Shreveport

skyline; McNeil Street Pumping Station; sewer seepage 1968-1977

2991.-

2996.

Shreveport, city scenes: People walking city streets with

umbrellas in the snow and rain; landscapes 1964-1967

2997.-

3002.

Steamboats: Stern-wheel steamers Todd (Aug. 22, 1947)

and General John Newton (Nov. 25, 1955) 1947-1955

3003.-

3021.

Theater, Majorie Lyons Playhouse, Centenary College: The

Boy Friend (Mar. 12, 1958); Annie Get Your Gun (Aug. 20,

1958)

1958

63 3022.-

3066.

Times, Shreveport, Newspaper: Aerial, exterior, and interior

views of Times/Journal building at 222 Lake Street,

including offices and printing presses

1962-1980

64 3067.-

3104.

Times, Shreveport, Newspaper: Interior views of

Times/Journal building at 222 Lake Street, including

offices, printing presses, and photographic darkroom;

removal of office furniture and printing presses from old

Times building at 408 Marshall Street; Times personalities

including William H. Bronson, publisher (Lloyd Stilley &

Langston McEachern photos)

Aug. 1962

54

3105.-

3115.

Tornado, Bossier City (Dec. 3, 1978): Aerial and ground-

level views of damage, including the Port Au Prince

Apartments; one-year anniversary photographs by Billy

Upshaw

1978-1979

65 3116.-

3147.

Wire photographs (AP, UP, NASA, etc.): This box contains

photographs collected but not taken by Langston

McEachern, including political figures such as Frank

Clement, Camille Gravel, Averell Harriman, Herbert

Hoover, John F. Kennedy, Earl K. Long, Richard M. Nixon,

Sam Rayburn, Adlai Stevenson, and Harry S. Truman; the

murder of Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Ruby on Nov. 24,

1963, in Dallas, Tex.; and the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Jul.

20, 1969

1956-1969

V. NEGATIVES: SHREVEPORT TIMES

Box Neg. No. Description Date

66 53 Mayor Sam S. Caldwell Mar. 11, 1946

275 Old Car Parade Jun. 5, 1946

310 Fire Stations Jun. 24, 1946

311 Braswell’s Cement Jun. 26, 1946

506 Governor Jimmie Davis & movie producer Lyndley Parsons

with the old “gazoo”, Davis’ original washboard instrument Sep. 24, 1946

515 John D. Ewing & group with Times airplane “Newsboy” Sep. 26, 1946

570 Pan-Am Service Station Oct. 15, 1946

636 Automobile Thrill Show: Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers Oct. 26, 1946

638 Football, college: Tech v. Northwestern Oct. 26, 1946

661 3 Mayors: Clyde E. Fant, Sam S. Caldwell & George W.

Hardy, Jr. Nov. 2, 1946

684 Armistice Day Parade Nov. 11, 1946

687 Cole Bros. Circus Nov. 11, 1946

690 Swearing in Mayor Clyde E. Fant and City Council Nov. 12, 1946

55

776 Langston McEachern with camera under Red River bridge Dec. 13, 1946

821 Snow scenes Dec. 31, 1946

992-993 Mae West & Lt. Jones of Shreveport Police Dept. Jan. 15, 1947

1002-

1003

Mayor Clyde E. Fant and wife Margaret Moos Fant board

train for Washington, D.C. Jan. 17, 1947

1033 Sloan J. Flores, Shreveport Fire Chief Jan. 24, 1947

1056-

1057 St. George Greek Orthodox Church on Creswell Ave. Jan. 27, 1947

1640-

1643 Fire Station Apr. 16, 1947

1713 Louisiana State Exhibit Museum & Dr. H. Brainard Wright,

museum curator Apr. 24, 1947

1720-

1725 Rumbaugh couple, 50th Anniversary Apr. 26, 1947

1810 Automobile Thrill Show: Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers

(incl. photo of Jimmie) May 11, 1947


(clowns, cars & fiery crash) May 11, 1947


(flying off ramps) May 11, 1947

1816 Automobile Thrill Show: Jimmie Lynch Death Dodgers (2

& 3 cars in groups) May 11, 1947

1819 Chris B. Stovall’s Gulf service station, 3001 Highland Ave. May 12, 1947

2096 Air Force Day air show, Barksdale AFB Aug. 1, 1947

2153 Stern-wheel steamboat Todd Aug. 22, 1947

2179 Brandon gas truck fire at Belcher, La. Sep. 2, 1947

2181 Firemen posing in front of fire station (Chief Floyd

Kendrick in car) Sep. 3, 1947

56

2250 Mayor Clyde E. Fant & PTA group Sep. 29, 1947

2286

World premiere of movie Louisiana at the Strand Theatre,

Shreveport (incl. Governor Jimmie Davis, Jackie Cooper,

John Gallaudet, Roddy McDowell, Dottye Brown & June

Preisser)

Oct. 7, 1947

2330 Football, college: Centenary v. Chattanooga Oct. 18, 1947

2396 Louisiana State Fair Grounds, scenes Oct. 25, 1947

2397 Aerial views of Louisiana State Fair Grounds & Shreveport

from the Goodyear Blimp Oct. 25, 1947

2447 Aerial views of Shreveport Downtown Airport Nov. 13, 1947

2505 Groundbreaking of Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs (VA)

Hospital Dec. 10, 1947

2617 Gene Autry at record store Jan. 7, 1948

2618 Gene Autry at Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital Jan. 7, 1948

2619 Gene Autry, John Ewing, Jr. & Henry Clay at dinner Jan. 7, 1948

2633 Poulan Saw Co. on Greenwood Rd. Jan. 10, 1948

2656 Freedom Train Jan. 17, 1948

2669 Clyde Beatty Circus (elephants start tractors, trapeze artists,

camels, horse act, etc.) Jan. 24, 1948

2679 A.L. Miliam checks ice cutters on trolley Jan. 27, 1948

2694 George H. Kenmon, manager Foremost Dairyland Feb. 4, 1948

2717 GM Train of Tomorrow Feb. 14, 1948

2725 Douglas DC-4, “City of San Juan,” Chicago and Southern

Air Lines, lands at Shreveport Downtown Airport Feb. 17, 1948

2776 Children and flowers at Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital Mar. 3, 1948

2804 Clyde Beatty Circus (animals, acrobats, acts, etc.) Mar. 13, 1948

57

2806 Clyde Beatty Circus (Flying Harolds trapeze artists) Mar. 13, 1948

2807 Clyde Beatty Circus Parade Mar. 14, 1948

2880 Army Day Parade Apr. 6, 1948

2883 Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder arrives at

Barksdale AFB Apr. 6, 1948

2885 Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Rep. Overton

Brooks & Governor-elect Earl K. Long Apr. 6, 1948

2886 Rep. Overton Brooks & Governor-elect Earl K. Long Apr. 6, 1948

2887 General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, chief of staff of the

U.S. Army, arrives at Barksdale AFB Apr. 7, 1948

2888 Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder & General of the

Army Omar N. Bradley Apr. 7, 1948

2889 Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snyder, Mayor Clyde E.

Fant & City Council Apr. 7, 1948

2890

General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, Lieutenant General

John K. Cannon & Colonel Auby C. Strickland salute the

flag at Barksdale AFB

Apr. 7, 1948

2933 Cross Lake fishing scenes Apr. 21, 1948

2938 Mayor Clyde E. Fant tries on new hat Apr. 22, 1948

2959 Lt. Governor William J. “Bill” Dodd Apr. 27, 1948

2987 John D. Ewing May 5, 1948

3003 Inauguration of Governor Earl K. Long in Baton Rouge, La. May 11, 1948

3005 ROTC inspection at C.E. Byrd High School May 12, 1948

3096 Fire Chief Floyd Kendrick & old mouthpiece Jun. 8, 1948

3142 Rep. & Mrs. Overton Brooks Jul. 6, 1948

3205 Robert Ewing (photo of portrait painting) Aug. 18, 1948

58

3214 Draft Board Aug. 23, 1948

3243 Henry A. Wallace, 1948 Progressive Party presidential

candidate, at Shreveport (speech & egged) Sep. 2, 1948

3308 Air Force Day air show, Barksdale AFB (planes & missiles) Sep. 18, 1948

3311 Air Force Day air show, Barksdale AFB (P-80 & P-51

aircraft in flight) Sep. 18, 1948

3311 Aerial views of Air Force Day air show, Barksdale AFB Sep. 18, 1948

3312 Aerial views of 1946 Air Force Day air show, Barksdale

AFB Sep. 18, 1948

3412 Mayor Clyde E. Fant & Mayor DeLesseps S. “Chep”

Morrison of New Orleans Oct. 1948


(incl. Pollak, the “Human Cannonball” & trapeze artists) Oct. 1948

3498 Louisiana State Fair Grounds, scenes Nov. 2, 1948

3517 Don Theater, front view Nov. 10, 1948

3518

Major General Robert W. Harper, commanding general of

Air Training Command (ATC) at Barksdale AFB; Brigadier

General Robert W. Burns, ATC chief of staff; Colonel

Auby C. Strickland, Barksdale base commander

Nov. 10, 1948

3542 Henry Clay – KWKH Nov. 16, 1948

3578 Ricou Building Nov. 29, 1948

3622 Venus winner – Don Theater Dec. 11, 1948

3631 Gilbert Street opened Dec. 14, 1948

3724 Gene Autry at Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital Jan. 11, 1949

3729 Gene Autry, John D. Ewing & businessmen Jan. 1949

3729 Shrine Parade Jan. 13, 1949

3758 Trolley Stops Jan. 20, 1949

59

3808 Mr. Clay Feb. 2, 1949

3840 Schumpert Sanitarium (for medical advertisement) Feb. 14, 1949

3924 Trolley Stops Mar. 1949

3928 Television KWKH – Hillbillies see their first TV set Mar. 8, 1949

3929 No left turns on Texas St. Mar. 8, 1949

3974 Cotton dusting school in Natchitoches, La. Mar. 1949

3975 Arrival of first B-45A Tornado jet bomber at Barksdsale

AFB for the 47th Bombardment Wing, Light Mar. 23, 1949

3986 Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital seen from

Slattery Blvd. Mar. 29, 1949

4021 Lt. Governor William J. “Bill” Dodd & E. H. Williams,

president of State Federation of Labor Apr. 6, 1949

4069 Senator Russell B. Long Apr. 16, 1949

4091 Crash of B-25J Mitchell bomber on the Skannal plantation

near Taylortown, La. – 3 airmen killed Apr. 21, 1949

4098 Bob Hope arrives in Shreveport for Holiday in Dixie (incl.

wear of Indian headdress) Apr. 23, 1949

4285 Crash of B-45A Tornado jet bomber in an alfalfa field on

the Roger Wheless farm – 2 airmen killed Jun. 9, 1949

4445 Crash of B-45A Tornado jet bomber in a cotton field on the

Beene plantation – 3 airmen injured Aug. 12, 1949

4501

Groundbreaking ceremony for Confederate Memorial

Medical Center – Governor Earl K. Long & Dr. William E.

Reid, superintendant of Charity Hospital

Sep. 5, 1949

4548 Crash of B-45A Tornado jet bomber south of Belcher, La. –

2 airmen killed Aug. 31, 1949

4609 4-H members en route to Kansas City Oct. 15, 1949

4653 Crash of C-82A cargo aircraft in a cotton field of the

Youree McCall plantation – 1 airman & 1 civilian killed Nov. 4, 1949

60

4774 B-36 Peacekeeper bomber at Barksdale AFB for repairs Dec. 14, 1949

4942 Harold Lloyd arrives at Shreveport via train Feb. 16, 1950

5644 Mickey Rooney, Dudley J. LeBlanc, Miss Frances Woodall

& Miss Jo Ann Hagedorn Aug. 31, 1950

5898 Clyde Beatty Circus (animals) Nov. 2, 1950

5999 Bob Hope, Jerry Colonna, and Marilyn Maxwell – USO

Show Nov. 26, 1950

6047 David Rubinoff plays violin for children at Shreveport’s

Shrine Hospital Dec. 7, 1950

6223 Governor Earl K. Long & Shreveport City Council Jan. 23, 1951

6464 Reverend Billy Graham Apr. 11, 1951

6496 Reverend Billy Graham – Meeting in Shreveport (outside,

inside, closeup) Apr. 11, 1951

67 6654 Louisiana State Park – Lake Bistineau, Doyline Jun. 5, 1951

6840 Train wreck/derailment near Lettsworth, La.: KCS Southern

Belle v. troop train Aug. 10, 1951

6952 Cattle on highway Sep. 1951

8592 Governor Robert F. Kennon, inauguration day in Baton


8767 Reverend Billy Graham & Dr. Monroe E. Dodd Jun. 20, 1952

8772 Reverend Billy Graham – Meeting in Shreveport Jun. 22, 1952

9391 George Jessel Nov. 6, 1953

10446 High water at Cross Lake May 16, 1953

10447 Delta Airlines DC-3 airplane crash near Waskom, Tex. – 19

people killed May 17, 1953

11741 Crash of Grumman Mallard seaplane operated by United Jan. 10, 1954

61

Gas Co. at Wallace Lake – 12 people killed

11975



with Ed “Man” West in Bossier Parish

Feb. 27, 1954

12030 Jean Despujols & Louis Sicard at Brenner’s Furniture Co. Mar. 11, 1954

12281 Holiday in Dixie parades May 1, 1954

13383 Drainage ditches under construction Dec. 31, 1954

13384 Youree extension Dec. 31, 1954

13386 Glendale Subdivision – Homes under construction Dec. 31, 1954

13388 National Bank Garage under construction Dec. 31, 1954

13389 Byrd Youth Building Dec. 31, 1954

13390 Bossier City Elementary School & Sunset School Dec. 31, 1954

13391 Hirsch Memorial Coliseum construction Dec. 31, 1954

13394 Aircraft carrier trip Nov. 3, 1954

13395 Closure of Old Traffic Bridge Mar. 16, 1955

13617 Printing press in action Feb. 23, 1955

13985 Mike Beckham May 6, 1955

13988 Barksdale AFB Air Show – Holiday in Dixie May 6, 1955

13399 American Ordnance Association group at Shreveport

Country Club May 9, 1955

14043 Huey P. Long statue and State Capital building, Baton

Rouge, La May 16, 1955

14456 Industrial Steel – P&S Hospital & Big Chain construction Sep. 9, 1955

14641 Paratrooper’s chute partially opens – dropped from C-124

Globemaster II cargo aircraft Oct. 22, 1955

14646 Firemen battle fire engulfing a Convair CV-340-42 cargo Oct. 19, 1955

62

aircraft operated by United Gas Co. at Shreveport Regional

Airport

14647 Ray Milland, Ward Bond & Mary Murphy Oct. 18, 1955

14873 Trip to Pensacola, Florida and visit to training carrier USS

Monterey (CVL-26) off the coast Dec. 1955

15238 Shreveport master plans maps Mar. 1, 1956

15238B Bossier City master plan maps Mar. 1, 1956

15271 Firemen battle fire at oak flooring plant of Olin Mathieson

Chemical Corp., Levy St. Mar. 11, 1956

15275 Composition room equipment Mar. 11, 1956

15425 Goodwill trip to Washington, D.C. Apr. 11-15, 1956

15603 RCA World Championship Rodeo May 17, 1956

15739 U.S. Air Force B-47E Stratojet bomber takes off from

Barksdale AFB, La. with rocket assist device Jun. 12, 1956

15740 Aerial refueling of a U.S. Air Force B-47E Stratojet bomber

from a KC-97 over Bossier Base/Barksdale AFB, La. Jun. 5, 1956

16137

Wreck of steamboat Neches Belle exposed by low water at

Logansport; Republic of Texas-U.S. border marker (see

Shreveport Times, Oct. 4, 1956, Sunday, p. 1-F)

Sep. 17, 1956

16248 Sheriff Dept. Air Squadron at Shreveport Downtown

Airport Oct. 10, 1956

16452 Giant Balloon Parade Nov. 23, 1956

16522 Natchitoches fireworks & lighting celebration Dec. 8, 1956

17293 Progressive Finance Co. May 7, 1957

18792 Former Shreveport mayors John McWilliams Ford, George

W. Hardy, Jr. & Clyde E. Fant Jan. 28, 1958

19002 Dedication of new Civic Center Feb. 23, 1958

19300 Aerial views of Shreveport industrial areas 1958

63

19301 Aerial view of C.E. Byrd High School football field & track 1958

19302 Aerial views of Shreveport Sports Baseball Stadium 1958

19303 Shreveport city skyline at night 1958

19304 Aerial views of downtown Shreveport Sep. 13, 1957

19306 Civic Center, interior & exterior views 1958

19307 Aerial views of Shreveport May 16, 1956

19309 Aerial views of Shreveport industrial areas 1958

19310 Aerial views of Shreveport, downtown, residential &

industrial areas (120 film) 1958

19311 Civic Center parking area Feb. 15, 1958

19312

Mayor James C. Gardner & Shreveport City Council in

chambers of new Civic Center, posing on entry porch & in

offices; commissioner mug shots; first council meeting in

new chambers

Feb. 1958

19313 Shreveport City Council Commissioners 1958

19314 Aerial views of Civic Center 1958

19316 Aerial & ground views of Shreveport Downtown Airport 1958

19319 Aerial & ground views of Shreveport Municipal Airport 1958

19321 Barksdale AFB – Enlisted barracks; Wherry family housing 1958

19322 Aerial view of Barksdale AFB looking west to

Headquarters & Standpipe 1958

19323 Texas Street 1958

19324 Aerial & ground views of Confederate Memorial Medical

Center 1956

19327 Aerial & ground views of Louisiana State Exhibit Museum 1958

19328 Schumpert Hospital Jan. 10, 1958

64

19330 Red Ball Trucking 1958

19331 KCS rail yards 1958

19332 Aerial views of KCS rail yards Mar. 1956

19333 Aerial views of Shreveport industrial areas (St. Vincent

Ave. & KCS rail yards) 1958

19334 C.E. Byrd High School gymnasium 1958

19335 Fairfield Manor 1958

19336 Aerial views of United Gas & Schumpert Hospital 1958

19337 Old & new radio rooms, Shreveport Police Dept. 1958

19338 Pioneer Bank & Trust Co. 1958

19339 Caddo-Shreveport Health Center 1958

19340 Aerial views of Schumpert Hospital Sep. 13, 1956

19341 Centenary College, views of buildings around campus 1958

19343 Aerial views of Centenary College 1958

19344 Marjorie Lyons Playhouse, Centenary College (+ 1 negative

of old Centenary theater) 1958

19345 Cross Lake – Fisherman 1958

19347 Aerial views of water treatment plant 1958

19348 Civic Center 1958

19349 Willis-Knighton Clinic 1958

19350 Southwestern Gas & Electric 1958

19351 Lee National Insurance Building 1958

19352 Post Office at 550 North Market 1958

19353 City Council in Old Municipal Court building n.d.

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19354 Captain Shreve Hotel 1958

19355 Levy Building 1958

19356 Elks Building Feb. 1958

19357 Simmons Saw Building 1958

19358 P & S Hotel 1958

19359 Selber’s Parking & Telephone Building 1958

19360 Old Municipal Court Building 1958

68 19361 Beck Building 1958

19362 Selber’s Building 1958

19363 Elks Building Nov. 11, 1954

19364 Schumpert Hospital, exterior views 1958

19365 Aerial views of bridges, streets and downtown Shreveport 1958

19366 Hollywood underpass 1958

19367 Shreveport Rect. Dept. – SPAR 1958

19368 Milam Street scenes (night also) 1958

19369 City street sweeper 1958

19370 Radio Repair Shop Civic Center 1958

19371 River Front 1958

19372 Shreveport Library Dec. 21, 1958

19373 Aerial views of Madison Park & Weingarten’s 1958

19374 Shreveport Policemen direct traffic downtown 1958

19375 City parking lot 1958

19376 Municipal Incinerator 1958

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19377 Sewage Building 1958

19378 Caddo Levee District Building 1958

19379 River Front closed up 1958

19381 Youree Street exit opened 1958

19382 Aerial views of Linwood Street Viaduct (also Zuzak

Apartments) 1958

19383 Viaduct lights at night 1958

19384 City Fire Stations May 5, 1954

Jun. 26, 1954

19385 Central Fire Station (also #3 & #4) Aug. 25, 1955

19389

Churches – new views (incl. B’nai Zion Temple,

Broadmoor Methodist Church, Broadmoor Presbyterian

Church, First Methodist Church, Queensborough Baptist

Church, etc.)

1958

19390

Aerial view of Southfield Road – Grover Place – Roma

Drive area (Arthur Circle Elementary School, Broadmoor

Presbyterian Church, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church & B’nai

Zion Congregation)

1958

19392 Weingarten’s (Madison Park) & Big Chain on Hollywood 1958

19393 Big Chain grocery stores (+ 1 negative of Municipal

Auditorium) 1958

19394 Big homes 1958

19395 Planning Commission Office 1958

19398 Aerial views of Sunset Acres 1958

19399 Midway Junior High School 1958

19401 Major James C. Gardner & Commissioners Louis E. Phelps

& H. Lane Mitchell enter the Civic Center 1958

67

19402 Louis E. Phelps, Commissioner of Public Utilities, poses

with plaque and Confederate $10 bills at Civic Center 1958

19403 Physicians & Surgeons Hospital construction Mar. 1958

19404 Aerial view of KCS Industrial Development Area 1958

19405 Aerial views of Big Chain warehouse 1958

19408 Aerial view of Booker T. Washington High School 1958

19486 Notre Dame Catholic High School Apr. 23, 1958

19847 Shreveport 80th Street Sewage Station Jul. 1, 1958

19872 Shreveport Police Dept. station wagons Jul. 7, 1958

20036 All Souls Unitarian Church, 1134 Shreveport Barksdale

Highway Aug. 22, 1958

20037 J.S. Clark Junior High School at Hearne Ave. & Logan St. Aug. 22, 1958

20194 Mid-Continent Steel Casting Corp. Sep. 20, 1958

20199

Shreveport Buildings – M.L. Bath, Wray-Dickinson Co.

Ford Dealership, Coca-Cola Bottling, Petroleum &

Telephone Buildings

Sep. 20, 1958

20548 Industrial Steel shops Nov. 4, 1958

20722 Aerial views of American Legion Hall on Cross Lake Nov. 29, 1958

21222 St. Vincent Academy Feb. 14, 1959

21605 Schools Apr. 13, 1959

21698 St. Mark’s Episcopalian Church, interior views Apr. 27, 1959

22090 Habeas corpus hearing/release from metal institution for

Governor Earl K. Long at Covington, La. Jun. 26, 1959

22308 Oak Terrace Junior High School Aug. 26, 1959

22376 Aerial views of Common & Hearn & Blanchard Bridge Sep. 11, 1959

22379 Symphony House Sep. 11, 1959

68

22435 St. Mark’s Episcopalian Church, interior views Sep. 11, 1959

22499 Aerial views of crowds at football game at State Fair

Grounds Stadium (LSU v. Baylor) Oct. 3, 1959

22570 Falstaff Beer booth at La. State Fair Oct. 21, 1959

22585 Mayor Clyde E. Fant & replica of the Drake oil well at La.

State Fair Oct. 23, 1959

22592 Pep Parade (La. Tech v. Northwestern State College), La.

State Fair Oct. 24, 1959

22595 State Fair Spectacular sign Oct. 24, 1959

22597 Midway, exhibits & carnival rides, La. State Fair Oct. 23, 1959

22654 Carnival lights at night, La. State Fair Nov. 4, 1959

22770 Municipal Auditorium, exterior front views Nov. 25, 1959

23035 Expressway ready for construction Jan. 20, 1960

23047 Oak Terrace Junior High School, interior & exterior views Jan. 22, 1960

23113 Expressway right-of-way ready for construction Feb. 6, 1960

23407 Basketball, high school: C.E. Byrd v. Minden Mar. 31, 1960

23553 Aerial & ground views of Expressway construction Apr. 26, 1960

23632 Governor Jimmie Davis, inauguration day in Baton Rouge,

La. May 10, 1960

23806 Aerial views of Expressway construction Jun. 10, 1960

23972 Expressway & bridge construction Jul. 28, 1960

23995 Ground-level views of Expressway construction at Spring

Street Aug. 5, 1960

24046 Sheep & Pig Barn, State Fair Grounds Aug. 14, 1960

24049 Woodlawn High School Aug. 17, 1960

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24125 Centenary College Choir at Hodges Garden Sep. 5, 1960

24165 Canterbury Club, Centenary College Sep. 13, 1960

24167 Fashion – Petroleum Club Sep. 13, 1960

24185 Expressway – No work due to strike Sep. 16, 1960

24187 Norton Art Gallery Sep. 16, 1960

24188 St. Catherine Catholic School at 72nd & Henderson Sep. 16, 1960

24223 Aerial views of Lake Bistineau Sep. 23, 1960

24274 Aerial views of Waterside area Oct. 4, 1960

24277 Aerial views of Shreveport & Barksdale AFB 1960

24362 Miss Dancing Waters, La. State Fair Oct. 20, 1960

24365 Midway, La. State Fair Oct. 21, 1960

24379 Nida Odom, Miss Southern Breeze, La. State Fair Oct. 22, 1960

24427 Royal American Shows troupe (clowns & helicopter act)

entertain children at Shreveport’s Shrine Hospital Oct. 27, 1960

24444 Band Day Parade, La. State Fair Oct. 29, 1960

24812 Aerial views of Expressway construction Jan. 9, 1961

25044 Aerial views of Expressway construction Feb. 23, 1961

25096 Aerial views of Expressway construction Mar. 6, 1961

25269 Aerial views of Expressway construction Apr. 4, 1961

25346 Aerial views of Industrial Steel, Shreve center, etc. Apr. 13, 1961

25647 Aerial views of Expressway construction Jun. 1, 1961

25964 Ground-level views of Expressway construction Jul. 28, 1961

25966 Aerial views of Expressway construction Jul. 29, 1961

26234 Aerial views of Ludlow Plastics Manufacturing Plant, Sep. 18, 1961

70

Homer, La.

26451 Midway & carnival rides, La. State Fair Oct. 22, 1961

26461 Dallas millionaire H.L. Hunt visits the La. State Fair Oct. 22, 1961

26628 Hamilton Library Building Nov. 17, 1961

26629 Fire Station at 70th Street & Despot Road Nov. 17, 1961

28329 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, interior & exterior views Sep. 6, 1962

28369 Dedication of St. Vincent Academy Sep. 14, 1962

28408 Governor Jimmie Davis Sep. 21, 1962

28528 Aerial views of Expressway construction Oct. 15, 1962

28832 New church construction at 70th Street, Central Christian

Church Dec. 6, 1962

28888 Skyline view of Shreveport from Doctor’s Hospital Dec. 14, 1962

29872 Churches for artwork (city churches) May 6, 1963

32099 Aerial views of AMF Beaird, Inc. Apr. 15, 1964

32320 Governor John J. McKeithen, inauguration day in Baton


33184 Aerial views of Bossier City High School Oct. 6, 1964

33758 Southern Hills Junior High School Dec. 28, 1964

33760 Southern Hills Elementary School Dec. 28, 1964

33769 Civic Center Dec. 30, 1964

33909 Queensborough Baptist Church, interior views Jan. 20, 1965

33930 Queensborough Baptist Church, choir Jan. 22, 1965

33984 Aerial views of Expressway & downtown Shreveport Jan. 31, 1965

34324 Shreveport Civic Theatre Mar. 18, 1965

71

39791 Aerial views of Interstate 20 (I-20) Interchange May 19, 1967

40218 Caddo Sheriff Junior Rifle Competition Jul. 28, 1967

44705 Griffin – KWKH News Mar. 25, 1969

48223 McElroy Metal Mill, 1500 Hamilton, Bossier City Jun. 26, 1970

52435

“Whose Pocket?”: Governor-Elect Edwin W. Edwards

jokingly reaches into the pants pocket of Shreveport Mayor

L. Calhoun Allen, Jr. on Market Street

Apr. 7, 1972

66336 Standoff and arrest of George W. D’Artois at his home at

633 Ashbourne Drive Apr. 19, 1977

66338 Standoff and arrest of George W. D’Artois at his home at

633 Ashbourne Drive (Ken Aclin) Apr. 19, 1977

66341 George W. D’Artois at courthouse after arrest; James C.

Gardner & other city officials (Stephen Gates) Apr. 19, 1977

66347 George W. D’Artois affair (Lee Shively) Apr. 19, 1977

69805 Aerial views of Schumpert & Willis-Knighton Hospitals Apr. 13, 1978

69806

Aerial views of General Motors Assembly Division Plant,

State Fair Grounds, Atlas Processing Company, Libby

Glass Plant, downtown Shreveport, etc.

Apr. 13, 1978

72083 Mayor L. Calhoun Allen, Jr. Nov. 21, 1978

72142 Last meeting of the old City Council Nov. 28, 1978

73339 Aerial views of General Motors Assembly Division Plant Apr. 5, 1979

78211 State police inspect trucks for hazardous materials Dec. 5, 1980

VI. NEGATIVES: PERSONAL COLLECTION

Box Neg. No. Description Date

69 M001-

M064


residential areas 1950s-ca.1970s

M065-

M066 Airport, Shreveport Downtown n.d.

72

M067-

M069 Airport, Shreveport Regional 1963

M070-

M074

Barksdale AFB, La.: Aerial views; arrival of first U.S. Air

Force B-52F Stratofortress bomber, “State of Louisiana”

(serial #57-0153), at Barksdale AFB; U.S. Air Force aircraft

(Boeing B-36 Peacekeeper; Sikorsky H-5G Dragonfly

helicopter; Lockheed P-80A Shooting Star; Sikorsky R-6A

Hoverfly II helicopter; Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star); fire

fighting demonstration; hospital; Blue Angels aerial

demonstration team, U.S. Navy (F11F-1 Tiger)

1940s-1960s

M075-

M076 Barnwell Memorial Garden and Art Center, Shreveport

M077-

M169

Buildings, Shreveport and Bossier City (see alphabetical list

below): 1950s-ca.1970s

American Legion Clubhouse

American Standard Heating & Plumbing

W.F. Beall

Beck Building

Bewley’s Bargain Annex

Bossier City Hospital

Bowlero East

Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital

Bruce Beauty Supply Co. (Hunter Building)

Cedar Grove Pumping Station

Chain Battery & Automotive Supply

Chamber of Commerce Building

Civic Center, Shreveport

Civic Theatre, Shreveport

Court House, Shreveport

Cross Lake Water Pumping Station

Dog Pound, Shreveport

Fairfield Apartments

First National Bank (downtown & branch)

Ford Park Children’s Zoo (incl. Civitan Choo-Choo &

M4A3 Sherman tank)

Fort Humbug Confederate Memorial

Fountain Apartments

General Electric Supply Co.

Globe Shopping City

Goodwill Industries

Graybar Electric Co.

Hernin Storage

Hirsch Memorial Coliseum

73

Kroehler Furniture Manufacturing

KWFN radio towers

M. Levy Building

Louisiana State Building

Louisiana State Exhibit Museum

Mosher Steel

Municipal Auditorium

Municipal Pool

Palais Royal (Sunset Village)

Parker’s Hardware (downtown)

Parker House (Line Ave.)

Pines Sanitarium

Progressive Club

Querbes Golf Course

Red River Valley Experimental Station

Ricou-Brewster Building

Rountree Olds-Cadillac

Schumpert Hospital (old & new)

Sears Store

Selber Building (old)

Service to Sawmillers Mill Supplies

Shelby Building

Shreve City Shopping Center

Shreveport Library

Shreveport Motel

Shrine Hospital

Simmon Building

Sklar Building

Slack Industrial Park

Slattery Building

Sports, Shreveport, Baseball Stadium

Stainless HICA Steel

Strand Theatre

Swimming Pool, Shreveport

Texas Motor Exchange

Town House Apartments

Trickett’s Store

United Gas Building

U. S. Veterans Administration Center (former Dodd

College), 501 Ockley Dr.

Washington-Youree Hotel

70 M170-

M187

Celebrities, Notable Personalities, etc.: Gene Autry; Harvey

LeVan Cliburn; Bing Crosby & Phil Silvers; George Goebel

& Mitzi Gaynor; Jimmie Goslin’s wedding party; Bob

Hope; Lash LaRue; Leisk family photos; Jim McCullough;

1942-ca.1970s

74

Frank McHugh; Frank Middleton; Dale Roberts; Joe

Rosenthal (U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial); Ann

Sheridan; Colonel John H. Tucker, Jr.; Darby & Linda

Washeck’s wedding; Sam Weiner

M188-

M190

Cemeteries, Shreveport: Forest Park; Forest Park West;

Greenwood 1963

M191-

M197 Centenary College 1960-1967

M198-

M207

Churches, Shreveport and Bossier City: All Souls Unitarian;

Brown Chapel (Centenary College); First Baptist; First

Methodist; Highland Baptist; St. John Berchmans

Cathedral; St. Mark’s Episcopalian

1960s-ca.1970s

M208-

M214 Cross Lake 1957-ca.1970s

M215-

M218

Ewing Family (owners of Shreveport Times newspaper):

Family portraits of Robert Ewing Jr., et al.; John Ewing &

basketball team (copy); home of Patricia Ewing Hendrick

1962-ca.1970s

M219-

M227

Fair Grounds, State: Aerial views; Barnum & Bailey

Circus; Emmett Kelly the clown; gates; buildings; cattle

barn

1947-1965

M228-

M234

Fire Department, Shreveport: Fire ladder demonstration;

Central Fire Station; Fire Stations No. 4 & No. 14; various

fire stations; District Chief H.C. Hendrick; Mayor

DeLesseps S. “Chep” Morrison of New Orleans with

Shreveport Fire Dept.

1946-ca.1960s

M235-

M251

Industry, Shreveport: AMF Beaird, Inc.; Atlas Processing

Company; Baifield Industries, Inc.; J.B. Beaird Corp.; Bird

& Son Inc. Roofing Materials; Foremost Dairyland; General

Motors Assembly Division Plant; Industrial Steel Plant;

Libby Glass Plant; Shell Plant; Southwestern Electric

Power Company (SWEPCO); Springhill Paper Mill;

Western Electric Plant

1955-1971

M252-

M255

Jefferson, Tex.: Pilgrimage of old homes; Excelsior Hotel;

Jay Gould’s private railroad car 1955-1958

M256-

M262

KWKH Radio Station: Billboard advertisement; circus;

Jack Dillard’s awards; flying saucer & Willie White; Gloria ca. 1960s

75

Starr; unidentified personalities.

M263-

M264

Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS): Aerial

views; students. 1967

M265-

M299

McEachern, Langston – Personal and Family Photos:

Portrait as Sergeant in U.S. Army; wedding portrait,

Langston & Robbie Hanks McEachern; H. Lang & Minnie

Lee Kendrick McEachern (parents); Joycelyn McEachern

(sister); new jeepster; winning photo story (“Gun Battle”);

at home; Christmas; backyard swimming pool; Robin

McEachern (son); birthdays; vacations

ca. 1941-

ca. 1970s

M300-

M301

Natchitoches, La.: Homes tour; Melrose Plantation; African

House 1964

M302-

M304 New Orleans, La.: French Quarter; Train Depot 1955

M305-

M308 R.W. Norton Art Gallery: Aerial, interior & exterior views 1964-1969

M309-

M333

Police Department, Shreveport: Officers, identified &

unidentified, including Police Chief Edward G. Huckabay

& Lester K. Barney; group poses; office scenes; police cars;

Engineering Dept.; Traffic Engineers; school patrol; school

crossings

1946-ca.1960s

M334-

M340

Railroads and Trains: Freedom Train; KCS trains; KCS

trucks; Deramus railroad yards, aerial views; railroad yards

at Youree Drive extension overpass; boy in cab of train

engine; unidentified train wreck/derailment

1947-1975

M341-

M358

Schools, Shreveport and Bossier City: Broadmoor Junior

High; C.E. Byrd High; Captain Shreve High; Arthur Circle

Elementary; Fairpark High; Linwood Junior High; Midway

Junior High; Mooretown Junior High; North Caddo High;

Booker T. Washington High; Woodlawn High

ca. 1950s-

ca.1960s

71 M359-

M383

Sheriff’s Department, Caddo Parish: Deputies, identified &

unidentified, including Sheriffs J. Howell Flournoy &

James M. Goslin, Jr. & Major Harold Terry; jail; offices;

patrol cars; weapons in armory; emergency unit; rescue

boats; airplane; mounted deputies; target practice; finger

printing; women’s auxiliary; traffic accident; traffic

direction; skeet shooting; parade; equipment; Tax Dept.;

1947-ca.1960s

76

school crossings

M384-

M404 Shreveport City Scenes (skylines, streets, etc.) 1948-1976

M405-

M416

Times, Shreveport, Newspaper: Exterior views of

Times/Journal building at 408 Marshall St.; aerial, interior

& exterior views of Times/Journal building at 222 Lake

Street, including offices, printing presses, and photographic

darkroom; Times airplane “Newsboy”; Times Photo Cruiser;

newspaper delivery truck; mug shots of Times employees,

including Langston McEachern

ca.1950s-

ca.1970s

M417-

M437

Various Locations and Subjects: State Capital building,

Baton Rouge, La.; Bellengrath Gardens, Ala.; bull riding in

Cheyenne, Wyo.; Santa Claus on rooftop of Porter

Chevrolet, Dallas, Tex.; 1953 Cotton Bowl Classic football

game; Estes Park, Colo.; Hodges Garden State Park, La.;

Hot Wells, La.; Kilgore oil wells; Lone Star Steel Co., Tex.;

Lindale Candy Store, Tex.; New York, NY; Shreveport

Sports baseball; Toledo Bend Dam; Washington, D.C.;

Washington State Park, Ark.; Welch, La.; Wilhelmina, Ark.

1942-1974

VII. SLIDES

Box Subject Description Date

72 1 Grand Teton, Wyo. (36 slides) ca. 1957

2 New York City, NY (143 slides) 1962-1964

73 3 New York World’s Fair (152 slides) 1964

74 4 New Orleans, La. (36 slides) 1958-1961

5 New York World’s Fair (157 slides) 1964

75 6 Robin McEachern; Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (40 slides) 1956

7 Robin McEachern, six years old (40 slides) 1956

8 Robin McEachern (20 slides) 1960

9 Christmas (32 slides) 1962

10 Six Flags Over Texas (104 slides) 1961

77

11 Juarez, Mexico & Knotts Berry Farm, Calif. (36 slides) ca. 1961

12 Disneyland (78 slides) n.d.

76 13 George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Va. (25 slides) 1964

14 Wally Byam Airstream (36 slides) 1964

15 Orlando, Fla. (106 slides) 1962

77 16 North Pole, Colo. (71 slides) 1960

17 Family Photos (37 slides) 1961

18 Santa’s Village, Colo. (39 slides) 1960

19 Oklahoma City, Okla. & Wichita, Kans. (14 slides) 1961

20 Family Photos (40 slides) 1964

78 21 Disneyland (79 slides) 1960s

79 22 Orlando, Fla. (62 slides) 1962

23 Wyoming (21 slides) 1963

24 Arizona (30 slides) 1962

25 Langston McEachern’s Best Vacation Photos (32 slides) 1962-1963

26 South Dakota (24 slides) 1962

27 New York (39 slides) n.d.

80 28 Wichita, Kans. & Salt Mine (35 slides) Jun. 1961

29 South Dakota (66 slides) 1960

30 Robin McEachern’s Birthday Party & Snow (38 slides) 1962

31 Grand Canyon & Bryce Canyon (36 slides) ca. 1959

81 32 Hollywood, Calif., Mann’s Chinese Theater, Marineland of

the Pacific (32 slides) ca. 1959

33 Grand Teton, Wyo. (32 slides) 1963

78

34 Badlands, SD (39 slides) 1960

35 Estes Park, Colo. (30 slides) 1960

36 Painted Desert, Ariz. (34 slides) ca. 1958

82 37 Estes Park, Colo. (119 slides) 1960

38 New York City, NY (34 slides) 1962

39 Hurricane Hilda (25 slides) 1964

VIII. PERSONAL DOCUMENTS

Box Folder Description Date

83 1

Plaque (1): Eleventh Annual Competition National Press

Photographers and Encyclopedia Britannica – Newspaper

Picture Story – Second Prize “Gun Battle”

1954

2

Plaque (1): Louisiana Newspaper Contest – Louisiana Press

Association – Third Place – Best News Picture – AAA

Division Daily – The Times

1979

3

Plaque (1): Louisiana Newspaper Contest – Louisiana Press

Association – Third Place – Best Photo Feature – AAA

Division Daily – The Times

1979

4

Plaque (1): First Place – Louisiana Press Association –

Better Newspaper Contest – Best News Picture – AAA

Dailies – The Times

1981

84 5

Certificate (1): Certificate of Merit for Superior

Achievement in the 19th Annual Pictures of the Year

Competition Sponsored by the NPPA, University of

Missouri School of Journalism, World Book Encyclopedia

1962

6 Certificate (1): United Press International Newspaper

Award – First Place – Outstanding News Picture 1962

7

Certificate (1): Ark-La-Tex Professional Chapter Sigma

Delta Chi – Excellence-in-Journalism Award – First Place

– News Photography

1973

8 Certificate (1): Ark-La-Tex Professional Chapter Sigma

Delta Chi – Excellence-in-Journalism Award – Second 1973

79

Place – News Photography

9 Autobiographical Notes (12 lvs.) 1986, 2001-2002

10 Military Records: Enlisted Record and Report of Separation

Honorable Discharge (4 lvs.) Dec. 19, 1945

11 Newspaper Articles/Miscellaneous Documents (11 lvs.) 1954-2004

12 Video Tape, Hi8 MP (1) ca. 2001-2002

13 DVD #1 (47 min.): Contents of Hi8 MP Video Tape Dec. 2008

14 DVD #2 (4 min.): Contents of Hi8 MP Video Tape Dec. 2008

15

Photograph album, maroon with “Langston McEachern”

embossed in gold (an example of the albums that originally

held the bulk of the photos in boxes 1-22)

n.d.

IX. AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT

Location Description Serial No.

On shelf Golde Model 447 multi-format transparency projector (1) 47-3115

On shelf Bausch & Lomb 35mm Balomatic 676 slide projector (1) 150619

On shelf Bell & Howell 16mm Model 273 movie projector (1) 96339

On shelf Sony Hi-8 Model CCD-TR600 video camera (1) 1031659

On shelf Fodeco Model 155 viewer slide file index case (1) N/A

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