Inauguration Ball - Baton Rouge, May 1892 - Murphy J. Foster - Louisiana History

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[LOUISIANA HISTORY]
Inauguration Ball:
BATON ROUGE, MAY 16TH 1982
.
Original program for the event celebrating the inauguration of Murphy J. Foster
as Governor of Louisiana.
Printed in New Orleans:
M. F. DUNN & BRO.,
1892
. [8] pages including covers - illustrations, portraits - dance program, p.[4]-[5] - lists of committee members on p.[2], [7] - Great Seal of the State of Louisiana, p.[6] - 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 4 1/4 inches opening to 8 1/2 inches. Pictorial cover illustration, printed in blue, features engraved portraits of Foster and his predecessor Francis T. Nicholls, and is further embellished with images of two beautiful women,
representative
of Commerce and Agriculture.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Back cover illustrated with a detailed engraving of Louisiana's Old State Capitol building and grounds - two leaves of letterpress - bound with cording at head corner, with original 3" pencil present, blindstamped:
E. FABER, N.Y., SOLE AGENT,
and
"Programme"
stamped in gilt
. Rare. Expected agewear - excellent condition overall. Single institutional copy
[HNOC].