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21.  Tower Grove House being stuccoed. (shows scaffolding). Horizontal orientation.

Tower Grove House being stuccoed. (shows scaffolding). Horizontal orientation. 1- 5x7 in. print. 



1918

22.  Tower Grove House

Tower Grove House c.1880. PRINT AVAILABLE -- SEE PHO 1982-0019, PHO 2007-1097. Copy negative available at PHO 2007-1098. 



1880

23.  Tower Grove House, the country estate of Henry Shaw as it appeared in his lifetime.

View of Tower Grove House showing the original east wing from 1849 which would later be removed and rebuilt. 



1890

24.  Tower Grove House

Rear view of Tower Grove House showing the original east wing and the original well. View is looking to the west. PRINT AVAILABLE -- SEE PHO 1983-0349 Copy negative available at PHO 2007-1115. Prints available at PHO 2007-1116, PHO 2007-1117, PHO 2007-1118, and PHO 2007-1119.. 



1890

25.  Early plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1857.

Early plan for the Missouri Botanical Garden in 1857. Possibly drawn by Henry Shaw. Written near bottom reads "Lands and Buildings intended to be left for the support of the Missouri Botanical Garden by the founder H.S." 



1857

26.  Moonflower. Growing on fence and gateposts at south end of Tower Grove House.

Moonflower growing on fence and gateposts at south end of Tower Grove House. House in background. Ipomoea bona-nox. Var. grandiflora. Moonflower. Cult. M. B. G. 



1902

27.  Tool house in Shaw's personal garden (looking south from Tower Grove House).

PRINT AVAILABLE -- SEE PHO 1982-0145. 



1892

28.  Tower Grove House. East wing nearly completed.

Tower Grove House. Shows the east wing nearly completed in late 1890. 



1890

29.  Tower Grove House. View is to the north from the tool house in the vegetable garden.

Tower Grove House. View is to the north from the tool house in the vegetable garden. Double lens used. 2 prints, 5x7 inches. Print available at PHO 2007-1123. 



1910

30.  Henry Shaw Memorabilia. Revolver, holster, pistol, handcuffs. No date.

Henry Shaw Memorabilia. Revolver, holster, pistol, handcuffs. No date. Disappeared when on display in Tower Grove House sometime after renovation in the 1950's. 




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