![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/526/jpeg/01t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/551/jpeg/25t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/551/jpeg/24t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/526/jpeg/04t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/25t.jpg) Crutches and braces lining a niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/26t.jpg) Plaster replications of hands in a niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/440/jpeg/15t.jpg) A niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/440/jpeg/16t.jpg) Relics in a niche dedicated to the healed in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/24t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/551/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/440/jpeg/13t.jpg) 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.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/551/jpeg/23t.jpg) An altar with a statue of Saint Roch in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/526/jpeg/03t.jpg) An altar with a statue of Saint Roch, including a dog, in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/23t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/526/jpeg/02t.jpg) Vaulted ceiling of Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/440/jpeg/14t.jpg) A shrine in Chapel of Saint Roch Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/440/jpeg/12t.jpg) Entrance lodges and gates of Saint Roch Cemetery No. 1. Father Thevis Chapel is in the background. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/11t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/511/jpeg/17t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/540/jpeg/13t.jpg) Near 2526 Chartres Street near Saint Roch Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/556/jpeg/10t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/540/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/21t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/540/jpeg/12t.jpg) 2518 - 2526 Chartres Street near Saint Roch Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/03t.jpg) A house at 617 - 619 Saint Roch Street near Franklin Avenue in Faubourg Marigny at evening. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 16, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/540/jpeg/19t.jpg) Schiro s Community Cafe and Bar at a corner of Saint Roch and Royal streets in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 5, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/546/jpeg/05t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/539/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/10t.jpg) Toppled headstones in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tombs and weeds in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/03t.jpg) A cross and tombs in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/551/jpeg/14t.jpg) Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, an overgrown lane. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 27, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/551/jpeg/13t.jpg) Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, with 6th Street in background. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 27, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/510/jpeg/25t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/26t.jpg) Saint Mary s Chapel on Jackson Avenue near Saint Charles Avenue in Garden District. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 22, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/08t.jpg) Fall colors of grasses in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/09t.jpg) A tomb of Edna Hold in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/07t.jpg) Bones and skulls surfaced in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/557/jpeg/22t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/548/jpeg/02t.jpg) Bentinck Egan family tomb in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/06t.jpg) A small tomb with a wooden cross in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/548/jpeg/03t.jpg) A sphinx face at a mausoleum of Brunswig in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/05t.jpg) Teddy bear left by a mourner in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/21t.jpg) A tomb of Minerva Benevolent Association in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/558/jpeg/11t.jpg) "Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chapel" house at 2523 Prytania Street in Garden District in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/20t.jpg) Weeping angel in a tomb of Chapman H. Hyams in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/492/jpeg/24t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/23t.jpg) Cast-iron tomb of Leeds family in Cypress Grove Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/550/jpeg/22t.jpg) Iron chain in a crypt of Minerva Benevolent Association in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, October 21, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/11t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/540/jpeg/24t.jpg) Tombs of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/14t.jpg) Old crypt in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/10t.jpg) A lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/17t.jpg) Row of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/20t.jpg) Last row of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/16t.jpg) Old vault in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/15t.jpg) Tombscape of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/08t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/497/jpeg/18t.jpg) A tomb of Charles T. Howard (one of cemetery s founders) in Metairie Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 12, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/563/jpeg/24t.jpg) 621 Saint Roch Street near Franklin Avenue in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/497/jpeg/08t.jpg) Old brick tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/497/jpeg/10t.jpg) A marble tombstone in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/19t.jpg) Group of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/06t.jpg) Bricks on a tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/13t.jpg) A narrow lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/540/jpeg/25t.jpg) A grassy lane in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/449/jpeg/14t.jpg) Saint Roch Market, view from North Rampart Street in Faubourg Marigny. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 2005.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/18t.jpg) A broken cross on a tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/16t.jpg) A cemetery in Verret near Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/07t.jpg) Sleeping place under a wall in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/497/jpeg/11t.jpg) Broken plaster on a tombstone in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/530/jpeg/15t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/541/jpeg/04t.jpg) A man holding a cross and a ball on a tomb of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/540/jpeg/26t.jpg) Crosses and figures on tops of tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/496/jpeg/07t.jpg) Saint Joseph Orphan Asylum Cemetery and Seventh Street. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/21t.jpg) H. L. Aucoin family tomb and other tombs in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/17t.jpg) Visitors of a cemetery in Verret near Road 46 in Saint Bernard Parish. East from New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/541/jpeg/05t.jpg) A zealous young angel praying on a tomb of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/497/jpeg/09t.jpg) Empty burial compartment of over the ground tomb in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/541/jpeg/02t.jpg) Byzantine tomb of the Hellenic Orthodox Community in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/541/jpeg/01t.jpg) A young angel (cherub) sitting on a cloud in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/526/jpeg/25t.jpg) Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, with a tomb of Italian Mutual Benefit Society in background. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 28, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/541/jpeg/06t.jpg) A marble statue of a saint at Esplanade Avenue entrance of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/541/jpeg/03t.jpg) A saint "catching" a busy angel on a tomb of Joseph DiCarlo in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 3. New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/526/jpeg/26t.jpg) Tombs of Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, with a mausoleum of Italian Mutual Benefit Society in background. New Orleans, Louisiana, May 28, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/12t.jpg) 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
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/532/jpeg/09t.jpg) Iron door on a vault of Italian Mutual Benefit Society in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/511/jpeg/26t.jpg) Breached brick fence of Chalmette National Military Cemetery, Saint Bernard Parish. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/13t.jpg) Piled vaults in Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/537/jpeg/05t.jpg) An alley in Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1, with a tomb of Italian Mutual Benevolent Society in background. New Orleans, Louisiana, July 15, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/06t.jpg) Old oak in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/511/jpeg/18t.jpg) Capsized vaults of Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, March 19, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/525/jpeg/12t.jpg) Opened and moved tombs in Merrit (Merrick) Cemetery near Highway 46 in Violet, Saint Bernard Parish. Eastern New Orleans, Louisiana, May 26, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/496/jpeg/08t.jpg) Lafayette Cemetery No. 2 at evening. New Orleans, Louisiana, February 6, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/07t.jpg) Tombs of Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/530/jpeg/06t.jpg) A statue in Holt Cemetery. New Orleans, Louisiana, June 10, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/08t.jpg) Tombstones of Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/10t.jpg) Headstones in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2006/561/jpeg/03t.jpg) Oaks in Holt Cemetery in fog. New Orleans, Louisiana, December 18, 2006
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