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Week 12 -- Enrique Alferez -- Shushan Airport

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2002 -- Tree of Necklaces, Jean-Michel Othoniel
--- The 1970's ---
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1975 -- Reclining Mother and Child, Henry Moore
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--- SECOND SEMESTER ---
Week 10 -- McFadden House -- 1920
Week 11 -- Reggie Bush Stadium
Week 11 -- Enrique Alferez -- City Park
Week 11 -- Enrique Alferez -- Fountain of the Winds
Week 12 -- Enrique Alferez -- Shushan Airport
Week 12 -- Enrique Alferez - marble chip and granite cast -- Molly Marine
Week 12 -- Story Land
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Week 17 -- More Enrique Alfarez
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1934 - present ~Shushan Airport (now New Orleans Lakefront Airport)

Under the direction of Governor Huey P. Long stalwart Abe Shushan, the Orleans Levee Board built a state-of-the-art airport at a cost of $3 million on a filled-in area of Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans. It was the FIRST COMBINED LAND AND SEAPLANE AIR TERMINAL IN THE WORLD. The new facility, called Shushan Airport, hosted the Pan-American Air Races as part of its opening ceremonies in February 1934. Just before the races started, officials barred women from competing, a controversial move. On the first day of contests, a crash claimed the life of a stunt pilot. A parachute jumper and a pilot died three days later after the jumper's chute caught on the tail of the plane. These races demonstrated once again the risks of air stunts. Jimmie Wedell entered the races and flew the '45' to a new 100-kilometer world speed record of 266 miles per hour. The '45' was expected to be his most spectacular speed ship, the basis for his successful bid to the United States Army for a pursuit-plane design.


Source: State Museum online exhibit--Louisiana Aviation since 1910
http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/museum/aviation/wedell3.htm


Linen Era Postcard of the Administration Bldg.
PUBLISHER Genuine Curteich, Chicago
CARD SIZE: 3-1/2? x 5-1/2?
'C.T. Art Colortone'

Reads on back:
Combined land and seaplane base located on a peninsula on Lake Pontchartrain.
This dual picture card is part of the 'New Orleans - America's Most Interesting
City' series.




Airliner at Shushan Airport

Source:
http://store.corbis.com/search/about_pic.asp?imageID=11432028&alphaimageid=LW002476&navid=decorate/prints/

Administration Building postcard. Date unknown.



Lindberg Hanger




Shushan Airport -
view of the swimming pool built by WPA with hanger in back which had work done
by WPA.



Postcard shows Shushan (now 'Lakefront') Airport--notice the camps to the
left of the airport.



Fountain of the Four Winds--Enrique Alvarez. Circa 1938 

1940ShushanAirportWPA.jpg 

Week 12 -- Enrique Alferez - marble chip and granite cast -- Molly Marine

Alfarez1937RoseGarden.jpg

SegalAndMe.jpg Edit Picture

HenryMoore.jpg

 

RestrainedHorse.jpg

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