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Current Picture of the Week
Steamboat fleet in Red River (1864)
Rapides Parish Court House (1910)
Murray Street Bridge Opens (1902)
National Guard on Parade (1904-08)
Laying Cornerstone of City Hall (1909)
City Hall - July 4, 1904 - Before Bentley Hotel
Lanier Buick-Pontiac (1938)
Hotel Bentley Dome & Lobby Over Time
Old Alexandria City Hall (late 1950s)
The Great Flood on the Red River
Murray Street Bridge - The Last Day (1984)
Red River Flood - Downtown Alexandria (1905-10)
Corner of Murray and 5th Street Looking East (1941-43)
City Park Aerial Photo (1955)
City Hall at Christmas (early 1950s)
Berwick Drug Store, Main Street, Pineville (1967)
Steamer "Cotton Blossom" docked on Red River (1932)
2nd Street from Hotel Bentley Roof (1908-10)
Train Station Aerial View (1950s)
Old Post Office & Federal Building (1937)
Old Rapides Parish Court House (1920s)
A. Albert's News Stand (1908)
Murray Street Bridge seen from top of Guaranty Bank (1923)
City Hall seen from top of Guaranty Bank (1923)
Cheneyville, LA (1910-15)
Tremont Lumber Company Hotel (1909)
Murray Street Bridge (1901)
Nick Velotta Grocery Store (1915-20)
Albert Mansion, Bolton Avenue (1950s)
Bringhurst Syrup Mill (1900)
Alexandria Fire Department - History in Pictures
Pineville Tornado Damage (1923)
Old Rapides Jail (1923)
Downtown Alexandria Aerial View (1923)
Hotel Bentley in Snow (1929)
Rapides Bank First Location (1890)
Tornado damage at City Power Plant (1923)
Alexandria Electric Railway Company (pre-1915)
S.H. Kress, 2nd Street, inside, Christmas Season (1920s)
Street Scene - 4th & Murray (1950s)
Kent House (1900)
Bauer-Weil General Merchandise Store, Front Street (1880s)
French Unique Cleaners (1920s)
Car at St. James Episcopal Church (1910)
Steamboat Red River Docked in Alexandria (1900)
Fire Department Car (1930)
3rd Street between Murray & Johnston (1961)
S.H. Kress & Co. (1920s or 1930s)
Ryan Dairy Farm (1924)
Railroad Crossing at Jackson Street (1930)
Alexandria City Hall in Snow (mid-late 1930s)
First Automobile in Alexandria
AT&T Switchboard (1923)
Bentley, Louisiana Railroad Station (early 1900s)
War Relics Downtown (end of WWII)
Barron's Store - Pineville
Edwin LeRay, High-Wire Walker
Cotton Steamboats on the Red River
A. Albert & Son: Photographer and Stationer

Archive Highlights

view of Murray Street and 5th Street in 1937 ... click to learn more
Murray Street, 1937
Courtesy of the Kohara Family

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Christmas at the Alexandria City Hall, early 1950s
City Hall, early 1950s
Courtesy of the Norwood Family

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View "The Alexandria Gallery"

special highlights of previous pictures shown here

 


Availability of Copies

High-quality copies of archive photos or other available photos can be provided on photographic paper upon request. 8"x10" copies are available for a $15.00 donation to the Museum; 5"x7", for a $10.00 donation.

Make your check or money order payable to Louisiana History Museum, and mail to
P.O. Box 12302, Alexandria, La. 71315-2302. Add $1.00 for postage.

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