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Three part plan of Fort Saint John on Bayou Saint John. At the right is an illustration of the state of the fort at the time of the drawing. At the left is an illustration of what the fort would look like after expansion. At the top is a cross…

Hand-Built Pottery Fragments

Chance to Shoot 'Germans' in Spanish Fort 'Trench'

Historical newspaper advertisement for Spanish Fort

Pistol grip style handle, bone and ferrous metal tang and bolster

The Lakefront Development, carried on WPA under Levee Board sponsorship, will look like this map-relief model when completed. Exterior.

Before and after photographs. Before view (3/22/1928) showing the old amusement park at Spanish Fort. The after view shows the reclaimed area and the new bridge over Bayou St. John. Exterior

Before and after photographs. Before view (10/10/1923) was taken in front of the 'Bird Cage' cottage at Milneburg, looking toward the lake. The after view shows the same area, now site of the Army's recreation center and the new amusement park.…

Black and white photograph of men working in the mid-twentieth century. Men are standing or digging with shovels on either side of a ditch, centered around a pulley. A large industrial building is in the background; marsh grass is in the foreground.
WPA workers are extending water lines to supply the Army and Navy facilities on the lakefront. A total of 1,100 feet of 12 and 16 inch water pipe has been extended from Franklin Avenue and Dreux Street. The line will be extended another 1,100 feet to…

Black and white photograph showing a man mid-twentieth century clothing pointing to a large hole in the ground. He appears to be standing in a large ditch.
Cypress stumps several feet in circumference had to be removed in some sections of the Lakefront Subdivision so WPA workers could backfill and lay concrete paving. Exterior.
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