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Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries?
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 13:04:24 -0500

High water table. We are below river and sea level. Bury bodies, and a few
years later the skulls are at the surface again. 

Jeffery

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Phong
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:51 AM
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Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries?


>but the bodies are all above ground

Just out of curiosity, why ?   Is this something particular
to New Orleans ?

> with the exception of Holt Cemetary
because poor folks cannot afford to build above ground ?

Thanks,

- - Phong


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From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries?


> We have a bunch in New Orleans, but the bodies are all above ground 
> with
the
> exception of Holt Cemetary (for really poor folks). If you are looking 
> for lots of marble tombs above ground, look no further. Let me know if 
> you
want
> a handful of digital pics of them.
>
> Jeffery
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Johnny
Deadman
> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:49 AM
> To: Street Photography; Leica Users digest
> Subject: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries?
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Off topic so apologies but this is the kind of thing you guys are good 
> at.
>
> I am looking for a location to shoot a movie in. It needs to be in the 
> US or Canada. We need a decent sized, atmospheric cemetery, kind of 
> tumbledown and unkempt, with a good variety of graves (mainly late 
> nineteenth and early 20th century preferably). It should have a load 
> of trees and ideally a sightline to a road and a place where a shack 
> could be built. It's going to be standing in for the Ozarks but 
> location is not too important.
>
> The ones we've been looking at so far include the Ross Bay cemetery in 
> Victoria, BC and the Toronto Necropolis. However the best visually I 
> have seen so far is the Bagdad cemetery in Pensacola, FA
>
> http://www.filmnorthflorida.com/locations/Bagdad:-Cemetery
>
> I would be really grateful for tips for any other cemteries that 
> people may know about, especially if people have pictures of them. At 
> this point we're not even worrying about whether we could get 
> permission to shoot in them. We'll deal with that later. Please mail 
> offlist to:
>
> <john@johnbrownlow.com>
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help...
>
> --
> John Brownlow
>
> pictures:
> http://www.pinkheadedbug.com
>
> warblog:
> http://www.unintended-consequences.com
>
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