History Happened Here - A Virtual Tour of St. Louis' Cultural Communities

History Happened Here - A Virtual Tour of St. Louis' Cultural Communities

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Advertisement prompting people to vote in favor of the 1916 Segregation Ordinance. Missouri History Museum.

Back To the Slave Quarters! Vote No On Segregation Feb. 29, 1916. Missouri History Museum.

HJ Gannon was one of the wild cat real estate companies that sold homes to African-Americans.

Petition for the 1916 Segregation Ordinance. Missouri History Museum.

Shelley, J.D. Residence. 4600 Labadie Avenue. Missouri History Museum.

Map of the City of St. Louis. Distribution of Negro Population, Census of 1930.

A Shaming Stigma Upon St. Louis would be Race Segregation By Law [illustrated by editorial cartoon,

St. Louis Post Dispatch building, completed in 1917. Missouri History Museum.

Barnett, Haynes and Barnett

Gate at the east entrance of Lewis Place designed by Barnett, Haynes, and Barnett

#7 Lewis Place, right, #23 Lewis Place (formerly #9), left, Photographer: Mary M. Stiritz, Date: October, 1979, Negative: Landmarks Association of St. Louis, Inc.

#4659 Lewis Place. Photo courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

#4752 Lewis Place. Photo courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

#4717 Lewis Place. Photo courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

Scrapbook of clippings from St. Louis newspapers, pamphlets, etc. concerning segregation in St. Louis, 1916-1923.

View of the site of Memorial Plaza. This is the beginning of the Central Traffic Parkway. Missouri History Museum.

Map of St. Louis City and County
From the Civic League of St. Louis, A Plan for the City of St. Louis, 1907. The Plan contained many proposals that were aimed at making St. Louis more attractive. Missouri History Museum.

#4741 Lewis Place. The former home of Clifford and Genevene Robbins, the first African Americans to move into Lewis Place. Photo courtesy of the Public Policy Research Center, UMSL.

East entrance of Kingsbury Place. Photographed by Boehl, Emil. Missouri History Museum. Pitzman both surveyed the land for Kingsbury Place and owned a home (#6) in this private neighborhood.