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| Keywords: PontchartrainBeachArch1939.jpg Pontchartrain Beach entrance archway New Orleans 1939 Notes This shows the entrance arch to the old Pontchartrain Beach by Bayou St John built in the 1920s before the amusement park was moved to the location at the end of Elysian Fields Avenue At time of this photograph the new Pontchartrain Beach had opened and this old location was being demolished Original caption misidentifies location as Spanish Fort which was on the other side of the Bayou Original caption Old Spanish Fort amusement center on the lakefront before it was demolished to make way for WPA improvements at this point Exterior From Works Progress Administration photographic collection doccumenting development of New Orleans Lakefront via http //www nutrias org/~nopl/photos/wpa/wpa24 htm 1939-03-07 Uncredited WPA photographer PD-USGov 1939 in New Orleans Pontchartrain Beach Arches in New Orleans | ||||
