Going once, going twice!
All funds raised go to the restoration of Storyville photographer Ernest Bellocq's tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. There is no overhead, no rent, no salaries, just tomb renovation and beautification. You can take pride in knowing that your complete donation goes directly to the preservation of some of New Orleans’ most unique and important architecture and art.
☼ New Orleans, LA
Restoring New Orleans Cemeteries One Tomb at a Time
Tomb Do You Love?
special after-hours tour of
St. Louis Cemetery No. 3
Join us for a special after-hours tour of St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 to benefit Tomb Do You Love, the only nonprofit specifically dedicated to restoring New Orleans' cemeteries one tomb at a time.
Tours to be led by historian and author Sally Asher (5:30pm and 7:00pm tour) and former funeral director and paranormalist Geoff Polson (6:15PM tour).
All proceeds go to renovating Storyville photographer Ernest Belllocq’s tomb.
● About
In many New Orleans cemeteries, experts estimate that 80% of the tombs are abandoned. Time, neglect, the elements, and unfortunately vandalism threaten to permanently destroy these marble and brick and mortar monuments that symbolize our city’s history.
New Orleans’ cemeteries draw visitors from around the world to experience and learn about the city’s unique multicultural and burial traditions and view our exquisite tombs in person. Tomb Do You Love’s goal is to renovate and repair these tombs to preserve our culture and ensure them for future generations.
Tomb Do You Love is the only nonprofit in New Orleans that focuses specifically on tomb restoration. Just as a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, the restoration of our cemeteries begins with one tomb at a time.
A history restored is a history respected
Events
Halloween Cocktail Party & Meet and Greet
Thursday, October 29
New Orleans Storyville Museum | New Orleans, LA
All are welcome to come the night before the Anne Rice Vampire Ball at the Storyville Museum in the French Quarter to partake in a night of live music, burlesque performances, tasty cocktails, and amazing auction items.
This year, ticket sales and proceeds of the auction go towards the restoration of photographer E.J. Bellocq's tomb in the historic St. Louis No. 3 Cemetery.
Victorian, Storyville, or Jazz age-themed costumes encouraged.
Tickets Include:
Admission to all exhibits at the Storyville Museum
Short lecture on EJ Bellocq and his infamous photos
Two cocktail tickets
Music by Harry Mayronne Trio
Performance by burlesque star Trixie Minx
Because love persists even after death.
● Currently Restoring: The Bellocq Tomb
What does it mean to have documented the most desired undesirables? Ernest Bellocq, a New Orleans photographer during the early 1900s, secretly photographed prostitutes in New Orleans’ Red Light District known as Storyville.
His photographs give us a permanent glance into the ephemeral lives of women who existed on the peripheral of society. His revolutionary treatment of these women as not evocative subjects but as empowered individuals who have inspired films, novels, poetry, and scholarly discourse to this day.
The restoration of his tomb seeks to honor his memory just as he honored those that he photographed.
One Infamous Storyvillle Photographer
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