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View of Tower Grove House showing the original east wing from 1849 which would later be removed and rebuilt.
1890 |
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Iris germanica growing by Mausoleum fence. Mausoleum visible in background.
1905 |
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Downtown St. Louis location of Washington University, 1871-1902. Location was bounded by Washington Avenue, Lucas Place, and Locust Street.
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Interior of Henry Shaw's Mausoleum.
1890 |
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Henry Shaw portrait being held upright by George T. Moore. The 1906 oil painting is by Richard E. Miller.
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Laboratory in Administration Building. PRINT AVAILABLE -- SEE PHO 1982-0034 or PHO 2007-0911.
1920 |
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Sketch of the Breach of Promise Case, Carstang vs. Shaw, at St. Louis, Missouri, 1860. Published in Harper's Weekly, March 31, 1860.
1860 |
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While a young merchant in St. Louis Shaw began buying enslaved persons in the 1820s. In 1850 Shaw owned nine and by 1853 eleven; 1860 census records list eight enslaved persons. As with the 1850 census, their names were not listed. Please see the historical timeline for more information.
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While a merchant in St. Louis Shaw began buying enslaved people in the 1820s with the earliest existing record being that of Peach in 1828. 1850 census records indicate Shaw owned nine enslaved people and by 1853 that number had grown to eleven, 1860 census records show him with eight enslaved people. Their names were not listed in either the 1850 or 1860 U.S. Census. Please see the historical timeline section for more information on this subject. Image is for reference.
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1860 Census of the United States statistics of slave states.
1860 |
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