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526-01. 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, 2006Similar picturesLarge thumbnails | Use small thumbnails | View as slideshow |
 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  Plaster replications of hands in a niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Crutches and braces lining a niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  A statue of St. Lucy with eyeballs on a plate in ex-voto niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  Replicas of feet and handicapped braces in ex-voto niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  A niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.  Relics in a niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.  A niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. Relics include casts of hands, feet, legs, head, brain, heart, ear, even a tooth. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  A photo camera adorning the Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery as a voting offering (ex-voto) among plaster replications of limbs placed in the niche dedicated to the healed by a grateful believer cured from an eye affliction. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  An altar with a statue of Saint Roch, including a dog, in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  An altar with a statue of Saint Roch in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  A shrine with plaster replications of limbs and organs cured by Saint Roch in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Vaulted ceiling of Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  A crucifix in front of the Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery built over "wishing well", with a marble sculpture of an infant as an ex voto presented by a grateful mother whose child was cured of all illnesses. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006  A shrine in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.  Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery, or Campo Santo, and a crucifix in front of the chapel built over "wishing well", with a marble sculpture of an infant as an ex voto presented by a grateful mother whose child was cured of all illnesses. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.  Entrance lodges and gates of Saint Roch Cemetery No. 1. Father Thevis Chapel is in the background. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.  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  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, 2006  Near 2526 Chartres Street near Saint Roch Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006  A statue of Saint Jude in the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 411 North Rampart Street, a corner of Conti Street (Mortuary Chapel, "the Church of the Dead"). New Orleans, Louisiana, December 9, 2006  Shrine of Saint Jude in the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 411 North Rampart Street, a corner of Conti Street (Mortuary Chapel, "the Church of the Dead"). New Orleans, Louisiana, December 21, 2006  Shrine of Saint Jude in the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church at 411 North Rampart Street, a corner of Conti Street (Mortuary Chapel, "the Church of the Dead"). New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006  A house at 617 - 619 Saint Roch Street near Franklin Avenue in Faubourg Marigny at evening. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 16, 2006  2518 - 2526 Chartres Street near Saint Roch Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006  Schiro s Community Cafe and Bar at a corner of Saint Roch and Royal streets in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006  A statue of a shouting saint in a niche of Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church at 1139 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard (formerly Dryades Street) in Central City. New Orleans, Louisiana, September 23, 2006  Mr. Dan s Thrift Shop at 2400 Saint Claude Avenue, a corner of Saint Roch Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, July 23, 2006  Meyer s Auto Parts service at a corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Broad Avenue in Central City. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 16, 2006  Saint Mary s Chapel on Jackson Avenue near Saint Charles Avenue in Garden District. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 22, 2006  A decorated brick memorial "Vera s Shrine" dedicated to Vera Smith who was killed after a hurricane "Katrina", at the corner of Magazine and Jackson streets in Garden District in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 15, 2006  "Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel" house at 2523 Prytania Street in Garden District in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 15, 2006  Bethany Home (nursing) at 2535 Esplanade Avenue. An orange sign left by a resque team indicates large dead body count (7 DB, at the bottom). New Orleans, Louisiana, January 28, 2006  Shipwreck scene on a tomb erected by Joseph Barelli in memory of his son died during explosion of steamer Louisiana in 1849, in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Tombs of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  Row of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Tombscape of 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  A lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Old vault 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  Iron vault slabs with cannon balls, inverted torches and ribbonned wreaths on New Orleans Battalion of Artillery tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  A tomb of Charles T. Howard (one of cemetery s founders) in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 12, 2006  621 Saint Roch Street near Franklin Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2, 2007  Old brick tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006  A grassy lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  A narrow lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 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  A marble tombstone in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006  Saint Roch Market, view from North Rampart Street in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2005.  A cemetery in Verret near Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Broken plaster on a tombstone in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006  A broken cross on a tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Sleeping place under a wall in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 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  H. L. Aucoin family tomb and other tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Visitors of a cemetery in Verret near Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Crosses and figures on tops of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  A man holding a cross and a ball on a tomb of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  Saint Joseph Orphan Asylum Cemetery and Seventh Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 6, 2006  Empty burial compartment of over the ground tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006  Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, with a tomb of Italian Mutual Benefit Society in background. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 28, 2006  A young angel (cherub) sitting on a cloud in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  Byzantine tomb of the Hellenic Orthodox Community in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  A zealous young angel praying on a tomb of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  A marble statue of a saint at Esplanade Avenue entrance of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  A saint "catching" a busy angel on a tomb of Joseph DiCarlo in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006  Angels lifting a boy into a sky filled with cherubs on tomb of Barelli in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Tombs of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, with a mausoleum of Italian Mutual Benefit Society in background. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 28, 2006  An alley in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, with a tomb of Italian Mutual Benevolent Society in background. New Orleans, Louisiana, July 15, 2006  Iron door on a vault of Italian Mutual Benefit Society in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006  Piled vaults in Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006  Breached brick fence of Chalmette National Military Cemetery, Saint Bernard Parish. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006  Old oak in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006  Capsized vaults of Merrit (Merrick) 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  Headstones in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006  Lafayette Cemetery No. 2 at evening. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 6, 2006  Live oak in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006  Tombstones of Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006  Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, near 6th Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 20, 2006  View of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, Basin Street and Central Business District from Marie Laveau tomb. New Orleans, Louisiana, July 15, 2006  Tossed and opened tombs of Merrick (Merrit) 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  Tombs and weeds in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006  Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, an overgrown lane. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 27, 2006  Primitive tombs in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006  A tomb of Vonderbank in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 26, 2006  A woman with a jug on a tomb of Kantz in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 7, 2006  Makeshift headstones in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006  An overgrown tomb in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, April 30, 2006  Crossing of avenues A and N in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, November 19, 2006  An angel on a tomb in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 11, 2006 |
