Cemetery

Photograph

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Lacey Museum

Name/Title

Cemetery

Entry/Object ID

2012-002-0811.53a

Description

Black and white photo of a cemetery in New Orleans. In the foreground is concrete framework and angling to the left is an unpaved path with a person walking on it. To the right is a row of vaults for burying bodies above ground and behind the row is a building. The vaults are built with stone work and has white flat portions at the openings. The openings are mostly arched shaped.. There is a white border on all sides, and in the bottom border is "#245" and "10/16/29". On the back is "2401". The print is inserted along with a negative of the image into a brown envelope that has typed "New Orleans--St. Loius [sic] Cemetery No. 1 10/16/29". Stamped is "245" and "indexed".

Made/Created

Date made

1929

Notes

Medium: Photographic Paper/Photographic Emulsion

Lexicon

Search Terms

New Orleans

Dimensions

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

4-1/2 in