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Bathers and lifeguards early 1930s courtesy of Craig Trentecosta.

out, I was deluged with "why don't you write a book about Pontchartrain Beach?" The plan was hatched.

KATY: There's something about having a certain amount of accomplishments behind you or maybe it's turning fifty or maybe the process of losing your parents, but we started to look at our parents and grandparents with a very different eye. We were really thinking about where we're from – genetically and spiritually – and how we wanted to give back. With the Tricentennial in sight, we took the plunge. We knew that if we didn't tell these stories, they would be lost forever. In a collection of personal stories, rare photographs, and memorabilia, we present this portrait of a bygone place and time. It's definitely a New Orleans story like no other.

Promotional Art, 1953.

ADORE • FALL 2018

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