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Catillion ball dress, New Orleans, 1946. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…

A young woman smiles for the camera in a voluminous, tiered ruffled cotillion ball gown with puffed sleeves and a pendant necklace, standing indoors near a sign reading "HOURS."

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Do You Know What it Means

Catillion ball dress, New Orleans, 1946.

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 26707

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“Catillion ball dress, New Orleans, 1946. This image is from the archive of Ron Chapman,…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26707.

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