Principals in award ceremonies of the Metropolitan New Orleans Safety Council and the local chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers Wednesday night at the DeSoto hotel included, from left, H. F. McLaughlin, plant manager of the U.S. Industrial Chemical Company, division of National Distillers and Chemical Corp, one of the recipients of a plaque for low injury frequency rates; J. B. Hamblen, director of safety for the American Oil Company in New York, principal speaker, and Louis C. Guidry, president of the local safety council.

Photo is dated 1957.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.