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Signed oath of loyalty by Henry Shaw from 1868, front side. Also see IMAGE 0149.
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Signed oath of loyalty by Henry Shaw from 1868, back side. Also see IMAGE 0148.
1868 |
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Map of early prairies of St. Louis city including Prairie Des Noyers fields which would become the future location of the Missouri Botahical Garden and Tower Grove Park.
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Mary Meachum (1801-1869), wife of John Berry Meachum. She and her husband were both freed persons engaged in the efforts of the Underground Railroad through their church, home, and school. On the early morning of May, 21st of 1855 nine enslaved persons including four owned by Henry Shaw; Esther, her two children, and one unnamed male made their break for freedom utilizing the Underground Railroad with the assistance of Mary Meachum. They attempted crossing the Mississippi River to the free state of Illinois. Unfortunately bounty hunters awaited them and they were soon captured and Mary Meachum would be jailed for the attempt. The location of this historic event on the banks of Mississippi River north of downtown St. Louis is today memorialized as the Mary Meachum Freedom Crossing.
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Aerial view of Tower Grove Avenue and the Shaw neighborhood taken from Tower Grove House, c.1902. View is to the southeast.
1902 |
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Aerial view of St. Louis from Tower Grove House. St. Louis Chronic Hospital (State Mental Hospital) in left background. Copy negative available.
1890 |
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View of gate entrance to Flora Place. Also known as Flora Avenue or Flora Boulevard. COPY NEGATIVE ONLY. PRINT AVAILABLE -- SEE OVZ HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS, BOX 2.
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View of Flora Boulevard. Also known as Flora Avenue or Flora Place. SEE ALSO OVZ HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS, BOX 2.
1930 |
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Interior view of #9 Shaw Place, date unknown. Two original prints, two copy negatives.
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Two original prints, two copy negatives.
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