The Ralph Pierce Collection

Photo of Mr. Pierce courtesy of Lousiana Tech Office of Special Programs, Photographs and Films, 1909-2002, A-50-Series-II, Box 54, Folder 190, University Archives and Special Collections, Prescott Memorial Library, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana Tech University

The Ralph Pierce collection includes several hundred digital reproductions of photographic slides created by Louisiana Tech University Professor of Geography Ralph D. Pierce (1931-2009).

Click on the link below to view the image gallery. Once inside the photo gallery, click individual photos to activate an information side-bar featuring captions, information about the image, and for some images, an interactive map indicating approximate location of the photo.

Photo Gallery

Thank you Ralph Pierce for your donation of your slides and your permission to reproduce and share your photographic collection.

Under Construction

Sample Photos

Photo of restaurant sign with words "Lee's Restaurant" beneath three Chinese characters.

Philadelphia, 1961

Photo of an 1960s vintage automobile exiting a steel girder bridge. The sign atop the bridge indicates that it is the Huey P. Long Bridge

Bridge City, LA 1965

Photo of a wooden road sign with the words "Continental Divide" in the foreground. A snowy field in the background is split by a two-lane highway.

South Dakota, 1972

Photo of a gas station or truck stop. A person is fueling a early 1970s model Jeep SUV. Cars populate a parking lot in the background. Mountains loom in the distance.

Wells, Nevada 1972