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Promotional Art, 1953.

reciting every possible fact about the Zephyr roller coaster and Pontchartrain Beach. At the end of his dissertation, he asked me why it closed. I joked, "it may be my fault; I wanted to be an actor." Fast forward to the millennium. With aging parents and the inevitable tug home, we longed for a chance to spend more time in New Orleans – this time as adults. Short visits turned into longer visits until there was no denying – this was our place. BRYAN: Once I was back, I was stunned by how many people wanted to talk about Pontchartrain Beach. Strangers would come up to me to tell me their stories and memories. When my first book about my mother came

Promotional Photo of the beach, July 4, 1946. courtesy of Craig Trentecosta.

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