Excerpt of Plat Map T 12 S R 11 E by E. Tobin (n.d.)

ID: 6582 ~ Source: Office of State Lands, Baton Rouge ~ Date: n.d.

This file appears in: Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2

Black and white map featuring city squares and roads in the early twentieth century. The map features Delgado Trades School, New Basin Canal, and other New Orleans landmarks.

The land that bound Charity Hospital Cemetery No. was sold to the New Orleans Land Co. in 1909, eventually to build Canal Boulevard, completed by 1937.

This file appears in: Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2

Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2

By By Elizabeth Williams and Ethan Ranck, edited by D. Ryan Gray, Charlotte Willcox, and Elizabeth Williams

By some estimates, nearly 50,000 burials lie beneath Canal Boulevard, originally Charity Hospital Cemetery No. 2. Almost forgotten since Canal Boulevard's addition to the city's roadways in 1937, road…