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Shrimping off-shore, St. Bernard Lake, mid-1970s. Cecile Jones Robin is a 75 year-old…

Weathered color photo of the shrimp boat "Lil Rick" with its outrigger nets deployed on open water, labeled with a handwritten caption reading "fishing off shore for shrimp, St. Bernard La."

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Shrimping off-shore, St. Bernard Lake, mid-1970s.

Cecile Jones Robin is a 75 year-old resident of St. Bernard Parish and a member of the Isleno community. She was married to Charlie Robin, Jr., who passed away on January 21, 2006. She has four children and 14 grandchildren. She wrote for the Baton Rouge Advocate. She originally came to Chalmette, LA. in 1945.

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Item 15773

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“Shrimping off-shore, St. Bernard Lake, mid-1970s. Cecile Jones Robin is a 75 year-old…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/15773.