The first set of photos are among those donated to the Archives by the late Langston McEachern, longtime Shreveport Times photographer. Click each photo to open a new window with larger image.

The photos date from the late-1940s to the mid-1950s with the exception of the photo depicting the man speaking at a podium which dates from the mid-1970s.

The photo of the four men seated was taken on the occasion of Earl K. Long’s inauguration as Louisiana’s governor on May 11, 1948. The man on the left is wearing the white suit and black tie identifying him as an honorary colonel appointed for the occasion by Earl K. Long. The other three men are wearing ribbons identifying them as official visitors.

These photographs retrieved from a house on Amelia Avenue in Shreveport in January of 2004 were donated to the Archives by Mrs. Shirley Weaver. The only identification found on the photographs is a mark that reads "Dickerson Shreveport La" that is impressed into the matte portfolio that encases the photos.

The only information available for this photograph is the mark of the portrait maker found on the surrounding matte.  This mark reads: "Portrait by Milburne - Shreveport, La."