Title:
Shot in the hospital's cemetery, on the grounds of the Carville Louisiana Leprosarium, this historic image depicted a funeral that was being
Description:
Shot in the hospital's cemetery, on the grounds of the Carville Louisiana Leprosarium, this historic image depicted a funeral that was being held on behalf of a departed patient. The hospital was a self-contained compound with its own storehouse, laundry, patient treatment centers, which included a dental office, food-processing facilities, i.e., a cafeteria, and as pictured here, its own cemetery.
Creator:
CDC/ Elizabeth Schexnyder, National Hansen's Disease Museum, Curator
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Date Added:
November 17, 2012