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Cecelia at Pontchartrain beach, 1974. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…

Black-and-white photo of a woman in sunglasses sitting on a striped blanket on a sandy beach, with another person lying in the sand nearby and buildings along a boardwalk in the background; "Cecelia" is handwritten at the top.

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Do You Know What it Means

Cecelia at Pontchartrain beach, 1974.

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 26251

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“Cecelia at Pontchartrain beach, 1974. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26251.

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