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Studio portrait taken at David Nelson Studio in Arabi, LA of Diane Melerine at one year…

Water-damaged studio portrait of a smiling toddler with dark hair, the image faded and streaked with discoloration from flood exposure, vertical creases running through the photo.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Studio portrait taken at David Nelson Studio in Arabi, LA of Diane Melerine at one year old, 1959. Her parents are John Garrity and Dorothy Pike Garrity.

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

Original title

Item 25488

Citation

“Studio portrait taken at David Nelson Studio in Arabi, LA of Diane Melerine at one year…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/25488.