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Canal, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La. – Antique Print

Canal, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La., c[1910?] — historic photograph
Canal, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La., c[1910?]. Historic photograph from the New Orleans collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Canal, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Canal, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, La.

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Few images in the Detroit Publishing Company collection show water inside a burial ground, but this glass negative shows a canal winding through Metairie Cemetery on the edge of New Orleans. The cemetery opened in 1872 on the grounds of a former racetrack, and its designers used water features and drainage channels in a city where the high water table made in-ground burial difficult. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm active in the early 1900s, sent photographers across the country to document towns, landscapes and public places, and this negative reflects that wider project. Look for the way the cemetery's tombs and plantings line the water's edge.

Created / publishedc[1910?]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 6876" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071831. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCemeteries. Canals.United States--Louisiana--New Orleans.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-73054

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