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December 20, 2005
Metairie Cemetery: The Old Main Gate
Here are three postcard views of the original Metairie Cemetery main gate:
The main gate around 1908. In the left background is the Moriarity monument, to the right, the tumulus of the Army of Northern Tennessee, Louisiana Division. The water in the foreground is the New Basin Canal.
Close-up of the right-hand side. The arches were torn down in the late 1940s, when the New Basin Canal was filled in and the Pontchartrain Expressway was constructed. The main gate of the cemetery was moved further north on Pontchartrain Blvd. to its current location.
The date on this postcard appears to say '08, but the photo is earlier, before the ivy overtook the stonework. The greenery isn't just an artist's fancy; a number of photographs show the vines.
If anyone can read that handwriting, I'd be curious as to what the postcard says.
Posted by YatPundit at December 20, 2005 3:05 PM