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The old capital building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron…

Vintage black-and-white photo of the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge, a castle-like Gothic Revival building with turrets, framed by trees and an iron fence, captioned "The Old Capital, Baton Rouge."

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Do You Know What it Means

The old capital building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor of History at Nunez Community College. Nunez Community College is located in Chalmette, in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. In 2005 it was heavily damaged by flooding due to Hurricane Katrina.

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Item 26411

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“The old capital building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This image is from the archive of Ron…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26411.

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