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1904 Program: Inaugural Ball for Louisiana Gov Blanchard - Baton Rouge, LA Rare
1904 Program: Inaugural Ball for Louisiana Gov Blanchard - Baton Rouge, LA Rare
1904 Program: Inaugural Ball for Louisiana Gov Blanchard - Baton Rouge, LA Rare
1904 Program: Inaugural Ball for Louisiana Gov Blanchard - Baton Rouge, LA Rare

1904 Program: Inaugural Ball for Louisiana Gov Blanchard - Baton Rouge, LA Rare

$ 475.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Theme: Political
  • Year: 1904
  • Candidate: N. C. Blanchard - J. Y. Sanders
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Country/Region: United States
  • Material: Paper
  • Type: Program

    Description

    [LOUISIANA HISTORY]
    Inaugural Ball:
    Monday May 16, 1904.
    Original program for the event celebrating the inauguration of Newton Crain Blanchard
    (1849-1922)
    as Governor of Louisiana and Jared Young Sanders
    (1869-1944)
    as Lieutenant Governor.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Printed in New Orleans:
    ROMANSKI & Co.,
    1904. [8] pages, illustrated - dance program, p.[4]-[5] - lists of committee members on p.[2], [6], [7] - a veritable who's who of Baton Rouge society in the era.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Decorative heavy cardstock covers, measuring 7 3/4 x 4 1/4 opening to 8 1/2 inches. Features cover portraits of Blanchard and Sanders - lower cover illustrated with photo of the Old Louisiana State Capitol - two leaves of letterpress - bound with cording at head corner. Rare. Expected agewear - excellent condition overall. Two institutional copies currently listed
    [HNOC - LSU]
    Provenance:
    Acquired from the personal collection of Baton Rouge philanthropist Steele Burden
    (1900-1995),
    who played a role in the founding of the LSU Rural Life Museum and Windrush Gardens in 1970. Although he never earned a formal degree in landscape architecture, he worked for the City of Baton Rouge in the 1920s, at which time he planted City Park, and he served as the LSU landscaper from 1932 to 1970. He was also involved in the landscape design of Shadows on the Teche Plantation in New Iberia, Louisiana, and Edward McIlhenny's Avery Island. He designed the gardens behind LSU's Faculty Club and planted many of the crepe myrtle and live oak trees on the campus. He was an avocational artist, and served in both World War I and II.