New state capitol groundbreaking photograph, 1930.

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New state capitol groundbreaking photograph, 1930.

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Copy print showing a group of men standing with Huey P. Long who is holding a shovel.

1 photograph ; 8 x 10 in.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7162240

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Louisiana State Capitol (Baton Rouge, La.)

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Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935

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Huey Long Pierce, Louisiana governor and United States senator, was born 30 August 1893, near Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, and died 10 September 1935. He studied law and practiced in Winnfield after 1915; served as Louisiana public service commissioner (1921-1926); was elected governor of Louisiana (1928); was elected to the United States Senate (1930); and organized the Share-Our-Wealth Society (1934) for which he had national support. On 8 September 1935 he was shot by Dr. Carl A. Weiss ...