Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge : Photographs, 1863-1910

by Martin, Mark E.

• ISBN13: 9780807132968
• ISBN10: 0807132969
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Summary

Andrew David Lytle produced thousands of photographic images during the sixty years he lived in Baton Rouge and operated Lytle Studio. Although his heirs reportedly shattered most of his glass-plate negatives, ANDREW D. LYTLES BATON ROUGE preserves 120 photographs of those remaining, giving entre into life in Louisiana's capital city from the 1860s through the early 1900s. They comprise the largest extant collection of photos created in a professional studio in nineteenth-century Baton Rouge. In a superb introductory overview of the collection, Mark E. Martin recounts Lytle's life and career within the context of Baton Rouge history and culture, and then discusses the photographs thematically, beginning with Baton Rouge's occupation by Federal forces during the Civil War. Over the years, Lytle Studio produced commercial images of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, the forestry industry, railways and waterways; LSU sports teams, outdoor landscapes, and individuals.

Author Biography

Mark E. Martin is assistant curator of image resources for the LSU Libraries.

Table of Contents

Civil War Era	p. 1
Postwar	p. 13
Prison	p. 33
Politics and the State Capitol	p. 45
Social Life	p. 51
Firefighters	p. 59
Louisiana State University	p. 69
Portraits	p. 79
The Lytle Family	p. 85
Outdoors	p. 91
Forestry	p. 99
Railways and Waterways	p. 103
Selected Bibliography	p. 119
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