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Shrimp boat on one of the local lakes, mid-1970s. Cecile Jones Robin is a 75 year-old…

A single-masted shrimp boat with outrigger nets sails across calm water beneath a cloudy sky; the handwritten caption "Shrimp Boats" appears below the aged, discolored photograph.

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Do You Know What it Means

Shrimp boat on one of the local lakes, 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 15775

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“Shrimp boat on one of the local lakes, mid-1970s. Cecile Jones Robin is a 75 year-old…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/15775.