Southern Yacht Club 1900s

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Southern Yacht Club still stands at the entrance to the New Canal. Southern Yacht Club Postcard from the Detroit Publishing Company of the Southern Yacht Club on Lake Pontchartrain. The club stands at the entrance to the New Canal. A local photographer shot this between 1900 and 1909. They sold the photo to the publisher, who colorized it and published it as a postcard. New Canal The New Canal connected Lake Pontchartrain with the Central Business District for over a century. Locals refer to the canal as the "New Basin Canal," distinguishing it from the Carondelet Canal. Creole businessmen financed...