Old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1940

Subject: Cemeteries
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of Old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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A view down a narrow alley of the Old St. Louis Cemetery in New Orleans, lined on the left by a long row of whitewashed wall vaults and family tombs decorated with flowers, with a brick wall at the near left and a monument-topped tomb at right. Old St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, laid out in 1789 just outside the old French Quarter, is the oldest surviving cemetery in the city and is famous for its densely packed above-ground tombs and wall vaults, a burial form suited to the area's high water table. The site is also known as the resting place of figures such as voodoo priestess Marie Laveau.

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PublisherE. C. Kropp Co.

OLD ST. LOUIS CEMETERY, NEW ORLEANS, LA.—15 --- 16981N POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE 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; Gayarre, the historian; Etienne de Bore, who first made granulated sugar; Charles La Salle, brother of the famous explorer. MADE IN U.S.A. BY E. C. KROPP CO., MILWAUKEE, WIS. New Orleans—America's Most Interesting City

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Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co.
Series	15
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, LA
Place mentioned	New Orleans, LA
Publisher	E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WI
Notes	Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch pattern; narrow white border; card number 15 printed at end of caption. No postmark; unused divided-back card. Printed description of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 on the message side, "POST CARD" heading with Kropp imprint, linen-textured stock, light foxing/toning on the back.

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Old St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/old-st-louis-cemetery-new-orleans-louisiana-circa-1940. Accessed October 24, 2026.