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Fourth of July celebration on shrimp boat (a common practice) on Lake Borne. Pictured in…

A faded vintage photo captioned "Fun on the Shrimp Boats" shows a woman holding a child on her lap aboard a boat, with other people nearby and a life preserver visible in the background.

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Do You Know What it Means

Fourth of July celebration on shrimp boat (a common practice) on Lake Borne. Pictured in the center are Albott (child) and Valerie Lauzon, family members of Cecile Robin, 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 15776

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“Fourth of July celebration on shrimp boat (a common practice) on Lake Borne. Pictured in…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/15776.