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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

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Karen Patcheco and Brian on a boat, Plaquermins Parish, circa early 1980s.

Severely water-damaged snapshot of two children seated on a boat at sea, with a girl in a white t-shirt and a boy in a yellow shirt, the photo's edges heavily eroded and discolored.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Karen Patcheco and Brian on a boat, Plaquermins Parish, circa early 1980s.

Original title

Item 25737

karen patcheco
st bernard parish

Citation

“Karen Patcheco and Brian on a boat, Plaquermins Parish, circa early 1980s.,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/25737.