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Items tagged “Lake Pontchartrain” (25 total)

Damaged wooden pier with exposed cross-braced pilings extending into calm water, missing its decking in sections, with a covered platform visible in the distance under a hazy sky.

North Shore Beach Pier Located at 237 Debbie Drive

Bent metal poles and a bare concrete slab remain where a beach house once stood, with two men and a dog standing amid storm debris and damaged homes in the background.

North Shore Beach Home Totally Destroyed

Wide bayou leading to open water, lined with damaged waterfront structures and pilings; debris and storm-damaged homes visible along the shoreline, with the bow of a boat in the foreground.

Bayou behind Tom & Liz Havrilla\'s Rental Home

Damaged buildings with torn roofing and debris line a street, with scattered wreckage and fallen materials spread across the adjacent grassy lot under a partly cloudy sky.

Rats Nest Road/Lakeview/Slidell

A wide expanse of calm water stretches toward a distant shoreline lined with scattered buildings, utility poles, and bare trees under a pale, hazy sky.

Carr Drive Slidell La

A dirt road strewn with debris and fallen trees where houses once stood, with a four-wheeler and a partially visible white vehicle reading "Protect - Promote Quality Of Life" in the foreground.

Rats Nest Road/Lakeview/Slidell

A long bridge spanning open water with several sections collapsed and tilted into the lake, their roadway slabs angled downward between intact pilings under a pale sky.

Colapsed Twin Span Bridge

A long wooden pier extends over calm lake water toward a covered platform, with a patchy, discolored mold bloom visible spreading across the water's surface near the shoreline.

Harvilla\'s Pier and Mold Bloom in the lake

A long wooden fishing pier dusted with snow extends into calm gray water, with small covered platforms visible at the end of this and neighboring piers under an overcast sky.

Christmas Day 2004 at the Havrilla\'s Home on Debbie Drive.

A three-story coastal home with white balcony railings and palm trees in the yard, with floodwater rushing over a low wall in the foreground.

Remains of 237 Debbie Drive at North Shore Beach

Row of young palm trees along a grassy lakeside shore, each trunk braced upright with metal tripod supports; a body of water stretches along the right side under an overcast sky.

Kind of like broken crutches, no? Lakeside, New Orleans, LA

A wooden camp house on stilts over a grassy marsh, with three people leaning out an open window waving, and a staircase leading up to the porch.

Family camp on Lake Pontchartrain, early 1970's. New Orleans. This image was collected in…

Black-and-white photo of a young woman in a letterman sweater sitting on a concrete post near a lakefront sign reading "HELP! Keep the Lakefront Clean, put your waste-paper here, Orleans Levee Board."

Lauren Comiskey at lakefront, 1943. New Orleans. This image was collected in a workshop…

Three young children wearing blue helmets sit on bicycles on a grassy field, with tall trees and a clear sky in the background.

Emma Steiffel with brothers Dalton and Roddy riding bikes at the Lakefront. New Orleans.…

Three children stand on a grassy shoreline beside Lake Pontchartrain, with boats and a parked car visible along the water's edge behind them under a partly cloudy sky.

Emma Stieffel with brothers Roddy and Dalton, at Lake Pontchartrain by the levee. New…

Sepia-toned studio photo of Andrew Jackson and his cousin George Roberts posing with clasped hands at a painted backdrop reading "Pontchartrain Beach," with faux liquor bottles on a shelf behind them.

Andrew Jackson (left) and cousin George Roberts, Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans. This…

Vintage faded color photo of a family picnic gathering by a lake shore, with a woman reclining in a lawn chair in the foreground and several adults and children seated on a bench behind her.

Great-grandmother Ethel and mother Stephanie of Sharell Warren, having a picnic on the…

Vintage black-and-white photo of four people—two men and two women—standing at a railing beneath a "Tumble Bug" ride sign, with a man in a hat visible in the background.

Uncle Pete, aunt B. and grandmother Mary of Jill Babin at Pontchartrain Beach, New…

Black-and-white snapshot of a woman in a belted, button-front dress posing in front of a giant funhouse face sculpture at Pontchartrain Beach, with children playing and a Ferris wheel in the background.

Aunt B. of Jill Babin at Pontchartrain Beach, New Orleans. This image is from the archive…

Sepia-toned 1950 photo of three people riding a small boat-shaped amusement car on a track at Pontchartrain Beach, with palm trees and other ride cars visible in the background.

Ponchatrain Beach ride, 1950. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor of…

Vintage black-and-white snapshot of a man sitting on a blanket at a grassy beach park, with a grocery bag, bowl, and thermos nearby, and other picnickers and trees in the background.

Anthony Saragusa, father of Angela Bernard, at Pontchartrain Beach, 1950's. This image is…

Vintage black-and-white photo of a young woman in a sleeveless blouse and dark skirt sitting on a curved stone planter edge, with palm trees and buildings in the background, Pontchartrain Beach, 1950s.

Jill Barton Bernard, mother-in-law to Angela Bernard, Pontchartrain Beach, 1950's. This…

Four people ride a hollowed-log boat down a water flume, splashing at the bottom; the boat bears the text "Pontchartrain Beach."

Harold, Harold Jr., Candy and Johnette Bernard on log ride at Pontchartrain beach, New…

Black-and-white photo of a woman in sunglasses sitting on a striped blanket on a sandy beach, with another person lying in the sand nearby and buildings along a boardwalk in the background; "Cecelia" is handwritten at the top.

Cecelia at Pontchartrain beach, 1974. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…

Debris-strewn shoreline with a damaged, leaning tree and a weathered sign on a wooden post, overlooking a body of water with a distant bridge and cranes under a clear blue sky.

Where Vera Resturant was on Lakeview/Rats Nest Road/Slidell