Inauguration Ball - Baton Rouge, May 21st 1900 - Murphy J. Foster - W. W. Heard

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[LOUISIANA HISTORY]
Inauguration Ball: Baton Rouge,
May 21st 1900.
Original program for the event celebrating the inauguration of W. W. Heard
as Governor of Louisiana and Murphy J. Foster
as Lieutenant Governor.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Printed in New Orleans:
L. GRAHAM & SON, LTD.
,
1900. [8] pages, illustrations, photographs - dance program, p.[4]-[5] - lists of committee members on p.[2], [7] - a veritable who's who of Baton Rouge society in the era.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   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.
Decorative heavy cardstock covers, measuring 6 5/8 x 5 inches opening to 10 inches.  Cover illustration, printed in lavender, depicts dancing couples
(
F. Bildstein, del.
).
Features cover portraits of Foster and Heard - lower cover illustrated with portraits of Francis T. Nicholls, Samuel D. McEnery, and Louis A. Wiltz, embellished with intricate border design and the Great Seal of the State of Louisiana - two leaves of letterpress - bound with cording at head corner. Rare. Expected agewear - excellent condition overall. Single institutional copy
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