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Holt Cemetery #6

One striking pattern visible in the burial records for Holt is the high number of stillbirths and infants interred here. In 1902, for example, 262 of the 761 burials at Holt were under the age of...

One striking pattern visible in the burial records for Holt is the high number of stillbirths and infants interred here. In 1902, for example, 262 of the 761 burials at Holt were under the age...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • new orleans

Holt Cemetery 1

Holt Cemetery was officially founded in 1879 as a replacement to the dangerously overfilled Locust Grove Cemeteries on Freret Street in Uptown New Orleans. It is assumed to be named after Dr....

Holt Cemetery was officially founded in 1879 as a replacement to the dangerously overfilled Locust Grove Cemeteries on Freret Street in Uptown New Orleans. It is assumed to be named after...

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  • cemetery

Holt Cemetery #2

While Holt Cemetery was never formally designated as racially segregated, legal restrictions on racial mixing - in life and death - became more rigorously enforced in New Orleans after the 1896...

While Holt Cemetery was never formally designated as racially segregated, legal restrictions on racial mixing - in life and death - became more rigorously enforced in New Orleans after the...

  • new orleans
  • cemetery

Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden

In Memory of    Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden     September 6, 1877-November 4, 1931   In an unmarked grave near here rests Buddy Bolden   Legendary Cornet player  New Orleans Jazz Pioneer   and...

In Memory of    Charles Joseph "Buddy" Bolden     September 6, 1877-November 4, 1931   In an unmarked grave near here rests Buddy Bolden   Legendary Cornet player  New Orleans Jazz Pioneer   and...

  • new orleans
  • jazz
  • pioneer
  • gravesite
  • cornet

Holt Cemetery #3

Unlike most New Orleans cemeteries, all of the interments at Holt are below ground. Many graves here have a distinctive appearance, but none have been photographed or remarked upon as often as the...

Unlike most New Orleans cemeteries, all of the interments at Holt are below ground. Many graves here have a distinctive appearance, but none have been photographed or remarked upon as often as...

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  • new orleans
  • cemetery
  • cemeteries

Holt Cemetery

Originally a cemetery for the city's indigent population, Holt Cemetery was first mentioned in city records in 1879, most likely named for Joseph Holt, a physician from Charity Hospital. The...

Originally a cemetery for the city's indigent population, Holt Cemetery was first mentioned in city records in 1879, most likely named for Joseph Holt, a physician from Charity Hospital....

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • cemetery

Holt Cemetery #5

Holt has been filled to capacity many times in its long history. In fact, grave plots have often been re-used after their upkeep is abandoned. This is not uncommon in urban cemeteries, where space...

Holt has been filled to capacity many times in its long history. In fact, grave plots have often been re-used after their upkeep is abandoned. This is not uncommon in urban cemeteries, where space...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • new orleans

Holt Cemetery #4

For some artists and scholars, Holt is representative of spiritual traditions with a long history in the African-American community. The spreading of broken crockery over graves was noted in South...

For some artists and scholars, Holt is representative of spiritual traditions with a long history in the African-American community. The spreading of broken crockery over graves was noted in South...

  • louisiana
  • cemetery
  • new orleans

Site of Higgins' Industries at Delgado Trade School

On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied...

On this site between August 1941 and August 1945, the City Park Plant of Higgins Industries, Incorporated mass produced more than 12,000 landing craft and approximately 200 PT boats for the Allied...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • world war ii
  • wwii
  • higgins boat