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Visitors from the Canary Islands dressed in traditional costume for Museum Days at the…

Three women wear traditional Canary Islands costumes with wide black hats, white headscarves, and colorful bodices in orange, red, and blue-striped fabric.

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Do You Know What it Means

Visitors from the Canary Islands dressed in traditional costume for Museum Days at the Isleno Museum, 2000.

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 16283

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“Visitors from the Canary Islands dressed in traditional costume for Museum Days at the…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/16283.