Katrina Remembrance at Metairie Cemetery on Pontchartrain Boulevard
Katrina Remembrance at Metairie Cemetery on Pontchartrain Boulevard
Coping of Andrew Jackson Higgins, founder of Higgins Industries and inventor of the Higgins Boat, in Metairie Cemetery.
"Andrew Higgins ... is the man who won the war for us. ... If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVPs, we never could have landed over an open [...]
Coping of Andrew Jackson Higgins, founder of Higgins Industries and inventor of the Higgins Boat, in Metairie Cemetery.
"Andrew Higgins ... is the man who won the war for us. ... If Higgins had not designed and built those LCVPs, we never could have landed over an open [...]
Guste family tomb in the "new" section of Metairie Cemetery. The patriarch, William J. Guste, Sr., married the former Marie Louise Alciatore, thereby marrying into the family of Antoine Alciatore, the founder and first proprieter of Restaurant Antoine. The Gustes now own and operate [...]
Guste family tomb in the "new" section of Metairie Cemetery. The patriarch, William J. Guste, Sr., married the former Marie Louise Alciatore, thereby marrying into the family of Antoine Alciatore, the founder and first proprieter of Restaurant Antoine. The Gustes now own and operate [...]
Statue of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, located in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three on Esplanade Avenue at Bayou St. John. Padre Pio, who was reputed to be in possession of the Stigmata (the wounds of Christ Crucified), lived from [...]
Statue of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, better known as Padre Pio, located in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three on Esplanade Avenue at Bayou St. John. Padre Pio, who was reputed to be in possession of the Stigmata (the wounds of Christ Crucified), lived from [...]
The "original" or "old" section of Metairie Cemetery has two parts. The first is the area that fronted Pontchartrain Blvd. (and the New Basin Canal, before the canal became an expressway), and the "race track," which still follows the pattern of the horse race track [...]
The "original" or "old" section of Metairie Cemetery has two parts. The first is the area that fronted Pontchartrain Blvd. (and the New Basin Canal, before the canal became an expressway), and the "race track," which still follows the pattern of the horse race track [...]
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Copeland family tomb, located at the "modern" entrance to Metairie Cemetery.
Al Copeland, of Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken, passed yesterday. Copeland was from Da Channel and later Arabi. His original chicken shop, "Chicken on the Run" opened in Arabi in 1971. [...]
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Copeland family tomb, located at the "modern" entrance to Metairie Cemetery.
Al Copeland, of Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken, passed yesterday. Copeland was from Da Channel and later Arabi. His original chicken shop, "Chicken on the Run" opened in Arabi in 1971. [...]
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Copeland family tomb, located at the "modern" entrance to Metairie Cemetery.
Al Copeland, of Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken, passed yesterday. Copeland was from Da Channel and later Arabi. His original chicken shop, "Chicken on the Run" opened in Arabi in [...]
The New Basin Canal Monument, located in the neutral ground between West End Ave. and Pontchartrain Blvd. in Lakeview, between Fillmore Ave. and Robt. E. Lee Blvd. This Celtic cross commemorates the work and sacrifices of the Irish laborers who built the canal. Here's the inscription:
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The New Basin Canal Monument, located in the neutral ground between West End Ave. and Pontchartrain Blvd. in Lakeview, between Fillmore Ave. and Robt. E. Lee Blvd. This Celtic cross commemorates the work and sacrifices of the Irish laborers who built the canal. Here's the inscription:
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The New Basin Canal Monument, located in the neutral ground between West End Ave. and Pontchartrain Blvd. in Lakeview, between Fillmore Ave. and Robt. E. Lee Blvd. This Celtic cross commemorates the work and sacrifices of the Irish laborers who built the canal. Here's the [...]
Sisters of Mercy community tomb in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
St. Joseph's is located at Washington and Loyola Avenues, in Central City. It's NOT a good neighborhood for sightseeing, keep that in mind and exercise Urban Common Sense.
In New Orleans, the families that own plots in Catholic cemeteries tend [...]
Sisters of Mercy community tomb in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
St. Joseph's is located at Washington and Loyola Avenues, in Central City. It's NOT a good neighborhood for sightseeing, keep that in mind and exercise Urban Common Sense.
In New Orleans, the families that own plots in Catholic cemeteries tend [...]
Sisters of Mercy community tomb in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
St. Joseph's is located at Washington and Loyola Avenues, in Central City. It's NOT a good neighborhood for sightseeing, keep that in mind and exercise Urban Common Sense.
In New Orleans, the families that own plots in Catholic cemeteries [...]
Socola family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, located on Esplanade Ave. by Bayou St. John.
One of the things that will catch my eye when I'm walking through a cemetery is an anomoly. This tomb has a glaring one, a modern metal plaque on the front stone. [...]
Socola family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, located on Esplanade Ave. by Bayou St. John.
One of the things that will catch my eye when I'm walking through a cemetery is an anomoly. This tomb has a glaring one, a modern metal plaque on the front stone. [...]
Socola family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, located on Esplanade Ave. by Bayou St. John.
One of the things that will catch my eye when I'm walking through a cemetery is an anomoly. This tomb has a glaring one, a modern metal plaque on the front [...]
Tomb of the Societe D'Assistance Mutuelle, La France. The society was founded in 1894 and the tomb constructed in 1902. The turn of the century was a very busy period of expansion for St. Louis #3, which is located on Esplanade Avenue near Bayou St. John.
Tombs were expensive [...]
Tomb of the Societe D'Assistance Mutuelle, La France. The society was founded in 1894 and the tomb constructed in 1902. The turn of the century was a very busy period of expansion for St. Louis #3, which is located on Esplanade Avenue near Bayou St. John.
Tombs were expensive [...]
Tomb of the Societe D'Assistance Mutuelle, La France. The society was founded in 1894 and the tomb constructed in 1902. The turn of the century was a very busy period of expansion for St. Louis #3, which is located on Esplanade Avenue near Bayou St. John.
Tombs were [...]
In April of 1964, a first-term Senator from Massachusetts took the floor of the Senate to make his first speech in that chamber. Edward M. Kennedy rose in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, one of the defining pieces of legislation from the JFK-LBJ era. The speech itself [...]
Sections 43 (left) and 44 of Chalmette National Cemetery, in St. Bernard Parish. The cemetery was originally part of the land blocked off by New Orleanians in the 1820s as a memorial for the Battle of New Orleans, which took place on 8-Jan-1815. During the Union [...]
Sections 43 (left) and 44 of Chalmette National Cemetery, in St. Bernard Parish. The cemetery was originally part of the land blocked off by New Orleanians in the 1820s as a memorial for the Battle of New Orleans, which took place on 8-Jan-1815. During the Union [...]
Sections 43 (left) and 44 of Chalmette National Cemetery, in St. Bernard Parish. The cemetery was originally part of the land blocked off by New Orleanians in the 1820s as a memorial for the Battle of New Orleans, which took place on 8-Jan-1815. During the [...]
Greenwood Cemetery, from the westermost road inside the cemetery. In the background is First Baptist Church, a "megachurch" whose street address is Canal Blvd., on the opposite side of the cemetery. Behind the photographer is I-10, heading into downtown New Orleans.
A few weeks ago, there was [...]
Greenwood Cemetery, from the westermost road inside the cemetery. In the background is First Baptist Church, a "megachurch" whose street address is Canal Blvd., on the opposite side of the cemetery. Behind the photographer is I-10, heading into downtown New Orleans.
A few weeks ago, there was [...]
Greenwood Cemetery, from the westermost road inside the cemetery. In the background is First Baptist Church, a "megachurch" whose street address is Canal Blvd., on the opposite side of the cemetery. Behind the photographer is I-10, heading into downtown New Orleans.
A few weeks ago, there [...]
Tomb of Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, 57th Mayor of New Orleans, in St. Louis Cemetery Number One on Basin Street.
It's fitting that we feature Dutch on MLK day, because he was such an important part of the New Orleans civil rights movement. Dutch was the city's premier [...]
Tomb of Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, 57th Mayor of New Orleans, in St. Louis Cemetery Number One on Basin Street.
It's fitting that we feature Dutch on MLK day, because he was such an important part of the New Orleans civil rights movement. Dutch was the city's premier [...]
Tomb of Ernest Nathan "Dutch" Morial, 57th Mayor of New Orleans, in St. Louis Cemetery Number One on Basin Street.
It's fitting that we feature Dutch on MLK day, because he was such an important part of the New Orleans civil rights movement. Dutch was the city's [...]
DeJan family coping in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Gentilly. Mount Olivet is a historically black cemetery. The three St. Louis cemeteries are not specifically segregated, because the Creoles had so much interaction with Les Gens De Couleur Libres, the Free Peoples of Color, that segregation would have [...]
DeJan family coping in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Gentilly. Mount Olivet is a historically black cemetery. The three St. Louis cemeteries are not specifically segregated, because the Creoles had so much interaction with Les Gens De Couleur Libres, the Free Peoples of Color, that segregation would have [...]
DeJan family coping in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Gentilly. Mount Olivet is a historically black cemetery. The three St. Louis cemeteries are not specifically segregated, because the Creoles had so much interaction with Les Gens De Couleur Libres, the Free Peoples of Color, that segregation would [...]
Tomb of Edward Pilsbury (d. 1882) in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, on Esplanade Avenue in Faubourg St. John.
Pilsbury was the 38th Mayor of New Orleans, holding the office from November of 1878 to December of 1880.
The tomb is unique for a number of reasons. It's on the [...]
Tomb of Edward Pilsbury (d. 1882) in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, on Esplanade Avenue in Faubourg St. John.
Pilsbury was the 38th Mayor of New Orleans, holding the office from November of 1878 to December of 1880.
The tomb is unique for a number of reasons. It's on the [...]
Tomb of Edward Pilsbury (d. 1882) in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, on Esplanade Avenue in Faubourg St. John.
Pilsbury was the 38th Mayor of New Orleans, holding the office from November of 1878 to December of 1880.
The tomb is unique for a number of reasons. It's on [...]
A Durkee photo of Holt Cemetery from 1907. Holt is New Orleans' "potter's field," the burial ground for indigent folks. It was opened in 1879, and is located off of City Park Avenue, near Delgado Junior College.
Because it's a potter's field, few graves in Holt have stone [...]
A Durkee photo of Holt Cemetery from 1907. Holt is New Orleans' "potter's field," the burial ground for indigent folks. It was opened in 1879, and is located off of City Park Avenue, near Delgado Junior College.
Because it's a potter's field, few graves in Holt have [...]
Hurst family coping, Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Norman Mayer Drive in Gentilly. Mt. Olivet is a relatively new cemetery, opened in 1922. It's a historically-black cemetery on the Gentilly Ridge.
While at first glance, this coping doesn't appear to be significant (well, not to anyone but the [...]
Hurst family coping, Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Norman Mayer Drive in Gentilly. Mt. Olivet is a relatively new cemetery, opened in 1922. It's a historically-black cemetery on the Gentilly Ridge.
While at first glance, this coping doesn't appear to be significant (well, not to anyone but [...]
Schinkel family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three
In spite of this being a tomb for a German family, the style is French, and typical to St. Louis #3. The family was a bit more well-off than some, and this is demonstrated by the urn ornament on top, [...]
Schinkel family tomb in St. Louis Cemetery Number Three
In spite of this being a tomb for a German family, the style is French, and typical to St. Louis #3. The family was a bit more well-off than some, and this is demonstrated by the urn ornament on [...]
A side "alley" shot from St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, located on Esplanade Avenue near Bayou St. John. These are French/Spanish style tombs, indicated by the wrought iron fencing around each one. The tomb in the foreground is a "single," meaning a single vault. the next three are [...]
A side "alley" shot from St. Louis Cemetery Number Three, located on Esplanade Avenue near Bayou St. John. These are French/Spanish style tombs, indicated by the wrought iron fencing around each one. The tomb in the foreground is a "single," meaning a single vault. the next three are [...]
