New Orleans History -- Lake Pontchartrain
Thursday, December 12, 2024

Lake History



Mark Twain, Kate Chopin & Harriet Beecher Stowe
Fishing Camps & Yacht Clubs
A Fort with an Amusement Park
Submarines, Civil War Ships & Higgins Boats
Lighthouses & Laff-in-the-Dark - Roller Coasters & Hurricanes
Jazz & Elvis & Fats Domino & Sam Cook & Little Richard...

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They were all there!
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From the book Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 1852

The Illustration: A Bit of Lake Pontchartrain
The Artist:E. W. Kemble
Source: Project Gutenburg

The Camps

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1928-1983 Pontchartrain Beach

1920's Postcard

1930s Tin Sign

1940 Kropp Postcard
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Restaurants

1859 - Brunings at Bucktown-West End

1914 - John Quarrella's Midway Restaurant at Milneburg

1914 - John Quarrella's Midway Restaurant at Milneburg #2
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Music Info

1820s - 1920s - Concert Hall & Garden at Spanish Fort

1873-1966 - (Papa) Jack Laine

1877-1931 - Buddy Bolden #1
Art on the Lake
Art at Milneburg
Art at West End
Art featuring The Camps
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