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Picture of Flood Street in the lower, ninth ward, New Orleans, 1970's. This image is from…

Faded vintage photo taken from under a porch awning, looking out through a chain-link fence and tree branches at a flooded street with two people wading through standing water.

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Do You Know What it Means

Picture of Flood Street in the lower, ninth ward, New Orleans, 1970'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.

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Item 26755

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“Picture of Flood Street in the lower, ninth ward, New Orleans, 1970's. This image is from…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26755.

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