Author: Lora Diane Peppers
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Fink’s
Sadly, right next door to yesterday’s picture, was Fink’s. Most people knew Fink the Tailor. The building isn’t there.
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J.C. Penney Building, 1958
How about the J.C. Penney building, which is now the Affinity Health Corporate Annex? Very pretty building! it now has a New Orleans style balcony along the second floor.
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Further Adventures in the Vertical Files…
I found a travel brochure dating to 1958, detailing what Monroe had to offer. When you unfolded it, the center had photos of some of the businesses around town. I’ll…
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New Monroe City Hall
I’m in the process at work of going through our places vertical files to index them and pull out anything I think may need further protecting. One of the random…
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A Lost Story of a Young Hero, Recently Uncovered
Monday of last week, I was helping research friends of Emma Louise “Emy-Lou” Biedenharn. I happened to be searching their names on Newspapers.com to see if I could find any…
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A 114 Year Old Monroe Recipe Book
One of the rarest items we have in the Special Collections department of the library, is a cookbook from around 1905. At least, judging from the names and business advertisements,…
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May Day, 1951
I love the top photo, because I have never seen a photo of Mr. Carroll looking so casual! The May Queen, Miss Della Rosalynne Boughton, was a senior.
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Ringing of the Liberty Bell, 1950
I like this page, since it shows all of the grades that attended the school. MCHS had all twelve grades. This happened May 15, 1950, when the liberty bell was…
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Voice of the South, 1951
Mr. Carroll is of course, Morris Henry Carroll. He was principal of Monroe Colored High School. “The Voice of the South” was the first African-American radio program aired in Ouachita…
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Dedication Page, 1951
This page was another jaw dropper! Looking out from this page is probably one of the biggest names in Ouachita Parish educational history. Professor M.J. Foster. WOW! Mrs. H.W. Johnson…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 