New Orleans printed on heavyweight paper that is coated and sealed in a 1.25 inch round pendant. It is suspended from 32-inch ultrasuede ribbon. A 100 year old ancestral love letter print is on reverse side.
Item # nk-021
$39.95
Image History
Sun King on gated tomb. St. Louis #1 was
established by royal decree in 1789. It is the oldest
surviving cemetery in the city. Louis XIV was the
ruling king when the Louisiana territory was claimed
for France. Louis XIV chose the sun as his emblem.
The sun was associated with Apollo, god of peace and
arts, and was also the heavenly body, which gave life
to all things, regulating everything as it rose and
set.
*Homer Plessy (1862-1925) plaintiff in the landmark
Supreme Court case, Plessy vs. Ferguson which
established the doctrine of "separate but equal" is
buried here.
"Everytime I close my eyes blowing that trumpet
of mine – I look right into the heart of good old New Orleans
– it has given me something to live for." –Louis
Armstrong