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Willie Dunnem, and great, great-grandmother of William Chatham, Lola Dunnam Chatham, early…

Sepia-toned early 1900s photograph of three women seated in an early automobile, wearing elaborate period hats; handwritten caption below reads "Sister Willie, Mama Dunnam, Lela Chatham."

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Do You Know What it Means

Willie Dunnem, and great, great-grandmother of William Chatham, Lola Dunnam Chatham, 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.

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Item 26772

Citation

“Willie Dunnem, and great, great-grandmother of William Chatham, Lola Dunnam Chatham, early…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26772.

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