
About the book
The Olympic Club was established in New Orleans in mid-1883 as a gentlemen's athletic club catering to the city's expanding immigrant population in the Third District, known then as the Faubourg Washington, just downriver from the Faubourg Marigny. Between 1883 and 1893 the club's membership grew from twenty-three to nearly eleven hundred gentlemen engaging in a wide variety of athletic and leisure-time pursuits ranging from target-shooting and gymnastics to billiards and boxing. Members include...Show more
Book details
ISBN
9781476674452
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc
Published year
2018
Language
Edition
1
Original title
The Olympic Club of New Orleans
Format
Paperback
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