Old St. Louis Cemetery

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Stock #:15751
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: New Orleans
State: Louisiana (LA)
County: Orleans
Publisher: New Orleans News Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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The most interesting of New Orleans' historic burial places, the St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 --- there are three --- has been in use for 175 years, with some of the inscriptions still decipherable dated 1800. Here lie the bodies of Paul Morphy, the famous chess player; Gavarre, the historian; Etienne de Bore, who first made granulated sugar; Charles LaSalle, brother of the famous explorer

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