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511-17. Dislodged coffins collected in the area nearby, re-casketed, and placed in new vaults at Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish (spray-painted codes signify the parish, the cemetery, and body ID). Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 Collected and marked coffins stacked at Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish (spray-painted codes signify the parish, the cemetery, and body ID). Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Capsized vaults of Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Piled vaults in Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Piled vaults (lifted by floodwater) of Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  A grotto made from vaults lifted by floodwater in Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Tilted and split tombs of Merrick (Merrit) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Tossed and opened tombs of Merrick (Merrit) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Opened and moved tombs in Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  A military tomb of Harold Roy Fernandez (1938 - 1979) under an overhanging vault lifted by floodwater in Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Blooming garden on Gen. Pershing Street near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Automotive and Tire Repair service for rent at Colonial Boulevard near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Accumulation of garbage with fresh contribution of green beads and cabbage from Saint Patrick Day parade on Colonial Boulevard near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  A gutted house at Borguemouth Ct. in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Breached brick fence of Chalmette National Military Cemetery, Saint Bernard Parish. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  A cemetery in Verret near Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Visitors of a cemetery in Verret near Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  A plantation on Bayou Road in Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  A mansion on Bayou Road in Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Cheramie Cemetery (Delphine Terrebone) at Highway 308 in Galliano. Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, November 4, 2006  A marsh and dried forest in spoiled area north from Verret, view from Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish, east from New Orleans. Louisiana, January 28, 2006  Val Riess Park near Florida Avenue in Saint Bernard Parish. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 27, 2006  A ruin at 5709 Road 300 in Delacroix, Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Ruins of Hopedale along cleaned Road 624, Saint Bernard Parish, east from New Orleans. Louisiana, January 28, 2006  A marsh and dried forest in Hopedale, Saint Bernard Parish, east from New Orleans. Louisiana, January 28, 2006  A damaged house at 4533 Road 300 in Delacroix, Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Cars damaged by flooding and fire near Road 300 in Delacroix, Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Gutted Ducros Museum at 1345 Bayou Road in Saint Bernard Parish. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 28, 2006  A half gate on Florida Avenue near Mumphrey Drive in Saint Bernard Parish. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 27, 2006  A brown pelican in Bayou la Loutre along Road 624 in Hopedale, Saint Bernard Parish, east from New Orleans. Louisiana, January 28, 2006  A stoop and a house foundation south from Road 624 in Hopedale, Saint Bernard Parish, east from New Orleans. Louisiana, January 28, 2006  Temporary housing (FEMA trailer) at 5705 Road 300 in Delacroix, Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Burned forest in Delacroix Island, view from Road 300 in Delacroix, Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Christ Episcopal Church (1853) and a cemetery in Napoleonville, Assumption Parish. Louisiana, September 30, 2006  Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue, decorated by murals painted by inmates, view from White Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6, 2007  Representations of various parts of human body and "thanks blocks" as ex votos in a niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Representations of various parts of human body in ex-voto niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  Holy Rosary Cemetery on the site of Occidental Chemical and Union Carbide plants at Old River Road. Taft, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana, December 15, 2006  Saint Thomas the Apostle Cemetery and Saint Thomas Catholic Church at 17605 Hwy. 15 in Pointe a la Hache. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, July 22, 2006  Art Deco tomb of Roe E Aydell (Aug. 2, 1904 - June 14, 1930) near Cemetery Lane near junction of LA 16 with LA 444 in French Settlement. Livingston Parish, Louisiana, November 25, 2006  Shrimp boats near Highway 1 in Leeville. Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, November 4, 2006  A dead dried cypress tree near Highway 1 in Leeville. Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, November 4, 2006  Dead cypress trees in a marsh near Highway 1 in Leeville. Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, November 4, 2006  A warehouse or a supermarket(?) at 36526 Highway 11 near Shady Lane in Buras. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 15, 2006  Ruins in a park on West Ragas Lane near Highway 11 in Buras. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 15, 2006  Fishing village of Hopedale near Road 624, Saint Bernard Parish. Louisiana, July 3, 2005  Decaying mansions along Road 300, Saint Bernard Parish. Chalmette, Louisiana, July 3, 2005  An abandoned ice cream cafe ("Snow Balls") in Hopedale near Road 624, Saint Bernard Parish. Louisiana, July 3, 2005  Bayou la Loutre between Alluvial City and Ycloskey, view from a bridge of Road 624, Saint Bernard Parish. Louisiana, July 3, 2005  Old Pathway Baptist Church on Alabo Street, corner of North Prieur Street in Lower Ninth Ward. A quotation from bible was replaced by mysterious spray-painted signs of rescue teams. New Orleans, Louisiana, April 29, 2006  Joan of Arc on murals of prisoners on exterior of jail facilities in abandoned Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  Freed slaves on prisoners art murals on exterior of jail facilities in abandoned Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  A scene from Mexican War among prisoner murals on exterior of jail facilities in abandoned Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  Ship cemetery near Road 57 in Bayou Grand Caillou, Terrebonne Parish. Dulac, Louisiana, June 25, 2005  A portrait of Abraham Lincoln on murals of prisoners on exterior of jail facilities in abandoned Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  Civil War Union soldier on murals of prisoners on exterior of jail facilities in abandoned Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  Jazz band with flood lines among inmate murals decorating jail facilities in abandoned Orleans Parish Prison near Tulane Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  A mansion at Road 182 in Franklin Historical District, Saint Mary Parish. Louisiana, March 25, 2006  A house at Road 182 in Franklin Historical District, Saint Mary Parish. Louisiana, March 25, 2006  Holy Rosary Cemetery of an old African American community in Taft, Saint Charles Parish, Louisiana, now the site of Occidental Chemical and Union Carbide plants, June 12, 2005  Police Mutual Benevolent Association vaults in Greenwood Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 9, 2007  A tomb of Charles T. Howard (one of cemetery s founders) in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 12, 2006  Inmate murals decorating a transformed former firehouse in abandoned Orleans Parish Prison on White Street near Gravier Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  Piles in Lake Fausse Pointe, view from Levee Road, Saint Mary Parish. Louisiana, March 25, 2006  Frances Antebellum Home (c. 1810) at Road 182, Garden City, Saint Mary Parish. Louisiana, March 25, 2006  A marble figure of an old man with his finger to his lips in a crypt of Charles T. Howard (one of cemetery s founders) in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 11, 2006  Area of Mimosa Drive in Port Sulphur, near Road 23, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006  A tomb of Vonderbank in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 26, 2006  A fishing boat No. 3023 in Empire shipyard staging area. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 15, 2006  A fishing boat No. 2208 in Empire shipyard staging area. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 15, 2006  A fishing boat "Atlantic" in Empire shipyard staging area. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 15, 2006  A marble sculpture in a crypt in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 26, 2006  Iron gate of Hebrew Rest Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 6, 2006  Area of East Bellevue Drive in Port Sulphur, view from Road 23, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006  A foundation of a house with a small memorial in area of Camilla Ln. in Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006  Cypresses at Bayou L Ourse Nature Trail near Road 662, Morgan City, Assumption Parish. Louisiana, March 25, 2006  Cypress forest in Lake Fausse Pointe, view from Levee Road, Iberia Parish. Louisiana, March 25, 2006  A fishing boat No. 2401 LA349ZR "Red Bone" in Empire shipyard staging area. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, April 15, 2006  Cypress forest at Bayou L Ourse Nature Trail near Road 662, Morgan City, Assumption Parish. Louisiana, March 25, 2006  Saint Philomena Catholic Church in Labadieville, Assumption Parish. Louisiana, September 30, 2006  A stoop and a blooming bush remained from a house in area of Willow Street in Port Sulphur, Plaquemines Parish. Louisiana, February 5, 2006  A marble sculpture of an angel in a crypt of Chapman H. Hyams in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 26, 2006  A corner of Greenwood Plantation. Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, October 14, 2006  Columns of Greenwood Plantation. Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, October 14, 2006  Row of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Old crypt in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Last row of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Old vault in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  A lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Tombscape of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Tombs of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  Orleans Parish Prison, view from White Street near Tulane Avenue. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 6, 2007  Spanish moss and Greenwood Plantation. Saint Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, October 14, 2006  Crumbling brick walls of Fort Pike on Road 90, Saint Tammany Parish. Louisiana, July 4, 2006  Bricks on a tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Group of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Old brick tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006  Vaulted ceiling of Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  A narrow lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  A marble tombstone in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006 |