File:Hook and Ladder Cemetery, Gretna Louisiana.jpg
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Hook and Ladder Cemetery, Gretna Louisiana
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English: Opened in 1858 and originally a firefighters' burial ground, the Hook and Ladder Cemetery is one of south Louisiana's notable above-ground cemeteries in Gretna, a small, mostly working-class city in Jefferson Parish on the West Bank, or west side, of the Mississippi River, near New Orleans. (Louisiana calls its counties "parishes."). Even though it is on the West Bank, Gretna lies east of nearby New Orleans, the anomaly owing to the serpentine twists of the river. Gravesites were placed above ground because of the area's high water table. |
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Photo by Carol M. Highsmith Via Library of Congress website at https://www.loc.gov/item/2021755752/ |
| Author | Carol M. Highsmith |
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This work is from the Carol M. Highsmith Archive collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work. Carol M. Highsmith has stipulated that her photographs are in the public domain. Photographs of sculpture or other works of art may be restricted by the copyright of the artist. |
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