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Friends of Bernard family drinking whiskey with a pistol and a fiddle, New Orleans,…

Sepia-toned early 1900s photograph of a man drinking from a flask while another plays a fiddle, standing and sitting before a wooden picket fence and shingled roof building.

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Do You Know What it Means

Friends of Bernard family drinking whiskey with a pistol and a fiddle, New Orleans, Louisiana, 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.

Original title

Item 26254

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“Friends of Bernard family drinking whiskey with a pistol and a fiddle, New Orleans,…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26254.

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