Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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The Bernhardt Building in 1948
A Bish Mathis Institute Newsletter from 1948 came across my desk last week and on the front cover was this great photo of downtown Monroe. You can see the side…
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Johnny’s Pizza Phone Book Ad – 1973
I was thumbing through the yellow pages of a May 1973 Monroe telephone book, when this ad for Johnny’s Pizza caught my eye. Johnny’s had just opened a few years…
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Teachers of Monroe Colored High School – 1944
There are some heavy hitting names in this photo! Those identified starting in the bottom row: Unknown, Katie Black Williams, Mrs. McClanahan, Henry Carroll (principal of the school), Clara Andrews,…
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Photos of Mulberry Grove and Layton Castle
I recently went back to the Layton Castle website. They have recently added photos of the building before and after it was turned into a castle. You can see them…
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Temple B’Nai Israel
I have posted a postcard of this Temple before, but from a different angle. It stood on Jackson Street. This one shows the “parsonage” where the Rabbi lived. The ten…
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A Monroe Murder
My favorite October blog has begun! I highly encourage you to subscribe, since her daily posts each October are very interesting!
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Portrait of Senator Solomon W. Downs
I have written about Senator Downs before on this blog. What caught my interest was something I recently found. While looking on the Internet Archives, I found they had digitized…
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Baked Goods Brought Right to Your Door!
No, I’m not talking about Ubereats, Doordash or Grubhub. Over one hundred years ago, Monroe had a bakery called the Monroe Baking Co. The bakery would haul fresh baked breads…
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Interior of Allen’s Pharmacy, circa 1913
Interesting clipping! This was identified as Allen’s pharmacy, taken sometime between 1910 and 1915. The men were identified: the man behind the soda fountain is William Everett Allen. The man…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 