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175 Years of History

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   Original entrance from Gore Ave, 1890s

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   McKee Cottage for boys, 1947

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   Riding bikes on the lawn of the Rock House, 1980s

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   Girls at St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Home, 1920s

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   The Rock House is added to the National Register of Historic Places, September 1982

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   Christmas Day, 1898

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   Young orphan girls behind the Rock House

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   Roll call, 1914

9. 

   Mayor Cooper breaks ground for Edgewood's community gardens, 1979

10. 

    Protestant Orphans' Home boys on a boy scout camping trip, 1934

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    Bruce Nadler, teacher's assistant, helping a child learn to bat, 1980s

12. 

    Monument erected to honor the 25 orphan children interred between 1864 and 1869

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    The Rock House, 1943

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    Four teen girls living at the Protestant Orphans' Home, 1923

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    Mother visiting children, 1935

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    St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Home farm wagon, 1920s

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    Out for a stroll, 1920s

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    Construction of three cottages and renovation of the Rock House, 1888

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    And they're off! 1920s

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    Brianna Dix, Matron of the St. Louis Protestant Orphans' Home, 1917-1938

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    Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum cemetery plot

22. 

    Orphan boys playing on the cottage lawn, 1920s

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    (Back row) Ruthie, Doris Rodarich, Betty Mueller, Marjorie Chandler, Unknown; (Front row) Dinky Mueller, Marietta Kennedy Brutt, Unknown, Unknown; Late 1940s

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    Brother and sister posing for the camera on the steps of the Rock House, 1930s