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175 Years of History

1. 

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

2. 

   Original entrance from Gore Ave, 1890s

3. 

   Christmas Day, 1898

4. 

   Roll call, 1914

5. 

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

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   Orphan boys playing on the cottage lawn, 1920s

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   Young orphan girls behind the Rock House

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

9. 

   And they're off! 1920s

10. 

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

11. 

    Out for a stroll, 1920s

12. 

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

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

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

15. 

    Mother visiting children, 1935

16. 

    The Rock House, 1943

17. 

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

18. 

    McKee Cottage for boys, 1947

19. 

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

20. 

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

21. 

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

22. 

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

23. 

    Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis Protestant Orphan Asylum cemetery plot

24. 

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