tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post8012637148037118364..comments2024-03-27T22:32:32.190-04:00Comments on Granny Sue's News and Reviews: Strange Pictures Found in Strange PlacesGranny Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-87273291417578068672008-06-24T21:51:00.000-04:002008-06-24T21:51:00.000-04:00Well darn. It could be a signpost. Since it was in...Well darn. It could be a signpost. Since it was in my mother's photos, it may have been a sign to a place they once lived, or a road that was important? It seems such a lonely photo though. I cropped a little of it to get it straight; there is more lonesome gorse-y looking country around the post. The photo was only 1 by 1 1/2 inches, and when I enlarged it the tubular arcs showed to the right of the post. I don't know what those are either.<BR/><BR/>Julie, I looked up St. James cemetery. It's a very old cemetery in New Orleans, and in the photos I found was in beautiful condition. The articles did mention that the old church had to be rebuilt because of the road and the river, and that parts of it were lost in the river. I wonder if that is what's in the photo--the "lost" part that was no longer cared for. Guess I need someone from New Orleans to see the photos to get an answer to that.Granny Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01129064020727041161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-48846572131300882002008-06-24T20:43:00.000-04:002008-06-24T20:43:00.000-04:00I was thinking the exact same that Jason mentioned...I was thinking the exact same that Jason mentioned - maybe a sign post (although, why would someone take a picture of it, especially when photos were more expensive and more of a bother), and one of those above-ground cemeteries in New Orleans. <BR/><BR/>They surely are super-creepy and awesome images though. So evocative.Phill https://www.blogger.com/profile/07087113754217015743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-66791315217942497682008-06-24T10:32:00.000-04:002008-06-24T10:32:00.000-04:00The top "gallows" picture looks like an old timey ...The top "gallows" picture looks like an old timey sign post - like one that would have a sign hanging from it. <BR/><BR/>The bottom picture certainly looks like the cemeteries in New Orleans- I think I saw somewhere that they do occassionally empty out the giant mausoleums in order to put a new body in, because the older bodies actually bake to dust inside, so they just shove the new one in. Sounds morbid, but I swear I saw it someplace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634969979683449053.post-66504135567293089092008-06-24T08:45:00.000-04:002008-06-24T08:45:00.000-04:00Happy Belated Birthday Sue,I found a picture simil...Happy Belated Birthday Sue,<BR/>I found a picture similar to this, its St Louis Cemetery New Orleans. And it is on the CD of Dad's family photos. I always had the impression that our Uncle Joe was buried there, mainly because like you, I saw no other reason for them to have photos of a cemetery. I tried to zoom and darken the names in the photo to see Connelly, no luck though. The hangmans tree...not a clue. Unless its a very interesting maypole? <BR/>Love you and see you soon, JulieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com