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Nineteenth-century visitors to the great cities of Europe and America were eager to examine local examples of the era's most characteristic cultural repository - the cemetery. Never before had such attention been devoted to the final resting places of ordinary citizens, to say nothing of the monuments to writers, generals and notables ...
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
Tour of Tomb Styles
The discussion and maps of tomb style are still in development and will be based on new research by Ann Masson. Check back soon to see the results and discussion on Tomb Style.
Opening quote: Ann M. Masson, "Pere La Chaise and New Orleans Cemeteries." The Southern Quarterly: A Journal of the Arts in the South, Vol. XXXI, No. 2, (Winter 1993): 82.