New Orleans: Air view of the New Basin Canal where it meets Lake Pontchartrain, 1947 or 1948. Looking roughly South.

The Southern Yacht Club is on the peninsula to the right of the Canal; the New Basin Canal Lighthouse on the smaller peninsula to the left. West End Park is seen inland from the Yacht Club and harbor.

Date 1947 or 1948, more likely the latter according to source site. Source US Army Corps of Engineers photograph via [1] Author Uncredited US Army Corps of Engineers photographer Permission
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