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Amelia Ferris Couch, great-great, grandmother of Heather Starks. First communion portrait…

Sepia-toned photograph of a young girl in a white first communion dress, veil, and gloves, holding a candle beside a table, with a furled umbrella at her feet; the photo's paper mount is torn and creased.

Collection

Do You Know What it Means

Amelia Ferris Couch, great-great, grandmother of Heather Starks. First communion portrait at twelve years old, 1926.

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 26405

Citation

“Amelia Ferris Couch, great-great, grandmother of Heather Starks. First communion portrait…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26405.

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