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First Communion of John Garrity, the father of Diane Melerine, circa 1937. John Garrity…

Heavily water-damaged photograph of a child in a First Communion outfit holding a rosary, the image severely obscured by mold, staining, and emulsion damage.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

First Communion of John Garrity, the father of Diane Melerine, circa 1937. John Garrity grew up in the Ninth Ward near Holy Cross and moved to Arabi in 1958, where he stayed. His family goes back three generations in New Orleans, having originally come from the Canary Islands. He married Dorothy Pike at Sacred Heart in 1953.

Diane Melerine lived at 2720 Jackson Blvd., Chalmette, LA, before the storm. Her house was flooded by nine feet of water.

Original title

Item 25486

Citation

“First Communion of John Garrity, the father of Diane Melerine, circa 1937. John Garrity…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/25486.