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1919 Spanish Fort Advertisement

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By 1919, according this advertisement, “the entire Park has been rejuvenated” and includes Tranchina’s “GOOD RESTAURANT” with a band “Conducted by Terry Tranchina, in the pavilion overlooking the lake”. The resort offered “Boating and bathing”, in “the finest playground in the south. Situated on the banks of Lake Pontchartrain”. The ad boasted, “14, 880 people visited Spanish Fort last Sunday”.

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