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Lincoln Beach - 1939 |
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 Lincoln Beach amusement
park was located off Hayne Boulevard between Shushan Airport (now Lakefront Airport) and Paris Road. The 1939 photograph (top)
shows the proposed location with boulders in place that would contain the man made beach. Note the Hayne Boulevard camps in
the background. The aerial photograph (bottom) includes a view of the completed beach project as well as the early stages
of construction of the WPA built amusement park. (Courtesy New Orleans Public Library.) 
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Excerpts from New Orleans City Park (Images of America)
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