Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Caption: Walter Mouton and the Scott Playboys, (L-R) Leeman Prejean, Rodney Miller, Walter Mouton, Johnnie Allan, 1953 Listed in “Readers recall clubs where they danced to Louisiana Music” from The Daily Advertiser, December 29, 1998: “Readers of The Daily Advertiser were asked to submit names of’ the clubs where they danced to Louisiana music in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, with a brief recollection of what the club was like and who played there.” Owner was Matilde Babineaux. ...

Photo from the Johnnie Allan Collection at the Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Breaux Bridge highway: Owner was Norris Breaux. It burned. Bobby & Marella Caffey & Eldine & Ernest (Ben) Benoit: “I remember that a man was shot and killed in the bathroom the night it opened.” Dorothy Meriwether’s brother owned it at one time: Bingo then dancing. ...

Over the Moss Pharmacy: Newspaper mention about Tribe of Ben Hur organizing there, 1909: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86079068/1909-09-24/ed-1/seq-1/ : 1910: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86079068/1910-01-25/ed-1/seq-1/ : Mardi Gras dance, 1912: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86079068/1912-02-16/ed-1/seq-1/ ...