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1947 Press Photo New Orleans - Frank Bordes Gives Land as Drainage for Canal

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New Orleans - The flow of water from inundated sections of Metairie speeded today as the cut leading into the 17th Street canal was being deepened. A retired dairy farmer, Frank A. Bordes, gave the use of his land for enlarging the cut and for the site of a permanent drainage ditch leading to the canal.

Photo is dated 1947.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.
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