West End at the foot of the New Basin Canal. One of several pleasure resorts on Lake Pontchartrain. At the time of this
print, New Orleanians would have travelled to West End by rail, or they would have taken the Shell Road to listen to music,
ride the ferris wheel, or to frolic in the lake like these polo (?!) players. Source: New Orleans Public Library--Images of
the Month http://www.nutrias.org/~nopl/monthly/mar99/mar9911.htm
