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Great-grandmother (right) of Harold Bernard Jr., husband of Angela Bernard. She was a…

Sepia-toned early 1900s photograph of a barefoot boy in a suit holding a horse's bridle, with an elderly woman seated sidesaddle on the horse, set in a wooded, leaf-covered area.

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Do You Know What it Means

Great-grandmother (right) of Harold Bernard Jr., husband of Angela Bernard. She was a midwife, traveling by horseback to deliver babies in people's homes in the early 1900's.

This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman, Professor of History at Nunez Community College. Nunez Community College is located in Chalmette, in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. In 2005 it was heavily damaged by flooding due to Hurricane Katrina.

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Item 26246

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“Great-grandmother (right) of Harold Bernard Jr., husband of Angela Bernard. She was a…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26246.

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