St. Louis Cemetery Stereograph

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St. Louis Cemetery stereograph Grant Rowles, an amateur photographer and collector, amassed this impressive collection of 389 stereograph photographs. This collection of vintage albumen prints of New Orleans and Louisiana date from mid 1860s to the early 20th century from 1880. St. Louis Cemetery stereograph Photo of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, located on Basin Street in Faubourg Treme. The perspective is from the Basin Street side of the cemetery, looking towards the lake. The cemetery opened in 1789. The Spanish Colonial government agreed with the church that the city's original cemetery was at capacity. That cemetery, St. Peter's, was...