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St. Peter and Paul church statue, New Orleans, 1942. This image is from the archive of Ron…

A wrought-iron gate with crossed diagonal bars partially obscures a faded religious statue group and cross in the background, in this green-toned 1942 photograph.

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Do You Know What it Means

St. Peter and Paul church statue, New Orleans, 1942.

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 26750

Citation

“St. Peter and Paul church statue, New Orleans, 1942. This image is from the archive of Ron…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26750.

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