Here's a photo of the crew at Smith Chevrolet Company in Covington in 1931. Click on the image to make it larger.
The Smith Chevrolet Company in Covington was established in 1926, and adopted its new name in 1928.
In 1976 the Senior Citizens Club of Lacombe elected their own Mardi Gras royalty. Here's a picture of the group. Click on the image to make it larger.
The American Legion Post in Covington has, over the years, distinguished itself as an outstanding organization that contributes much to the community. It was one of the first American Legion Posts established in the United Statess. Here is an article from 1973. Click on the images to make them larger.
It snowed in Covington on Mardi Gras Day in 1914, and many of the female residents went wild.
The John Dutsch home was built in 1901 on 26th Avenue in Covington. It was demolished in 1972. Mrs. Dutsch is shown in the center with her daughter Josephine as left and Ida Dutsch at right.
This group photograph shows the Abney Elementary Student Chorus of 2013 with Schools Superintendent Trey Folse. Click on the image to make it larger.
This group photograph shows the Abney Elementary Dance Team of 2013 with Schools Superintendent Trey Folse. Click on the image to make it larger.
It may not seem like it now, but it was big news when Covington first got telephone service where you could dial the number yourself, instead of going through an operator. Today we have push button cellphones, and dial telephones are a thing of the past. But not long ago, rotary dial telephone service was a long-awaited miracle.
A big new building was built to hold all the direct dialing equipment, dial telephones were delivered and installed throughout town, and even a new printed telephone book directory had to be printed up with detailed instructions on how to dial calls yourself.
All this happened in 1963, some sixty-two years ago.
When a large earthquake hit Nicaragua in 1972, Covington residents rushed to gather supplies.
Fifty-three years ago I took this photograph of concrete bridge beams that had been put in place where Interstate 12 would cross U.S. 190 north of Mandeville. This was a huge project , completing the interstate highway through St. Tammany Parish, and helped save the parish money since it became a major route for commuters coming in from the east and west subdivisions that were along La. 59 and La. 21.
In the late 1930's and early 1940's, one of Covington's most active groups was the Little Theater of Covington. It brought together a large number of theater-oriented enthusiasts. This was 15 years before the coming of Playmaker's Inc.
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