Tag: Mayors of Monroe
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More Information on George Byron Hamlet
I got curious in January and decided to search for Mayor Hamlet’s name on Google. I found this great little website that talks about what happened to George after he…
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Rare letters from a Former Monroe Mayor to his Brother.
This letter comes from the collection of the Tennessee State Library. It is a two page letter from Arthur Hambleton Harris to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville. The…
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1928 Dedication of Bernstein Park
https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-pho%3A5 I really love this one! Men in the photo, l to r: Mayor Arnold Bernstein, Dan Breard, Commissioner of Finance, P.A. Poag, City Treasurer and Will Atkinson, Commissioner of…
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DeSiard Street is Paved!
…or about to be! Back in November, 1898, Mayor Dr. Andrew A. Forsythe had just been elected. It seems he hit the ground running! This appeared in a New Orleans…
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Campaign Postcards
Another part of our political collection are some old postcards candidates mailed to registered voters. This one is for Monroe Mayoral candidate, Elmer Slagle (he didn’t win!) https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A80 How about…
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A Political Postcard featuring Mayor A.A. Forsythe
https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A62 This is a postcard from our collection showing a rooster and a photo of Mayor Forsythe. Why a rooster you may ask? The symbol of the Democratic party was…
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Talking Headstones: Mayor Dr. Andrew Alexander Forsythe
Back in 2013 just before Halloween, I and three colleagues portrayed four figures in Ouachita Parish History. We performed at the West Monroe Branch library on Cypress Street to rave…
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Mayor Forsythe Lying in State
The above photo is from the collection of the Ouachita Parish Public Library’s Genealogy and Special Collections Department. It shows the coffin and funeral offerings for Mayor Andrew Alexander Forsythe…
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Monroe Mayor Lewis Denison Allen, Jr.
I found the above photo several weeks back. I had never seen a photo of mayor Allen. Lewis was born in New London, CT April 19, 1838. His family later…
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