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Campus & dormitories, La. State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1906

Subject
Schools & Universities
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1906 (Early)
Front of Campus & dormitories, La. State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1906, Mrs. C. P. McGavern, IL, USA, c. 1906 printed photo postcard
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Back of Campus & dormitories, La. State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1906, Mrs. C. P. McGavern, IL, USA, c. 1906 printed photo postcard
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About this postcard

A view across a broad lawn toward two long, low brick dormitory buildings with two-story colonnaded porticos, linked by a rear wing, with bare winter trees scattered around them. The caption identifies the scene as the campus and dormitories of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. In 1906 LSU still occupied its old campus near downtown, the former U.S. Army barracks site; the university did not move to its present campus south of town until the 1920s. The colonnaded dormitories were part of that old campus, which the university outgrew by the 1920s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Mrs. McG - Am getting nice at a "Teachers Convention" She

PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
A 16515 Campus & Dormitories, La. State University, Baton Rouge, La.
PostmarkedMT. VERNON, IA, April 3, 1906
Stamp
Addressed to
Mrs. C. P. McGavern

6695 Vernon Ave Chicago, IL

Postcard record

Postmarked, MT. VERNON, IA
PublisherThe Rotograph Co.
SeriesA 16515
ConditionFair
Place addressedMrs. C. P. McGavern, 6695 Vernon Ave, Chicago, IL
PublisherThe Rotograph Co., New York, NY
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1902, perforated vertical sides only
NotesLower-left corner torn away; handwritten message in brown ink across the bottom margin; heavy halftone grain, no white border. Postmark: MT. VERNON N.Y. APR 3 1906 D.F.S. Undivided back ("This side for the Address."); Rotograph Co. imprint, printed in Germany; white border; lower-right corner torn away.

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Campus & dormitories, La. State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1906, postcard, c. 1906. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/campus-dormitories-la-state-university-baton-rouge-la-1906. Accessed November 2, 2026.