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Title: Union Station - Tower 6
Description: View looking southwest of Interlocking Tower 6, once located to the east of Union Station along the Kansas City Terminal Railway tracks. Buildings once located at the intersection of Pershing Road and Main Street, the Liberty Memorial, and Union Station can be seen. Signs for the Upjohn Company, the Hotel Plaza, and Sherwin-Williams are in view.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Union Station Dedication
Description: View looking north of Union Station during the dedication of the Liberty Memorial site.
Date: 1921-11-21
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Coca-Cola Building and Vicinity
Description: Promotional drawing produced by the Ennis-Edwards Realty Company and included within a booklet promoting the advantages of the Coca-Cola Building. The illustration highlights the building's close proximity to the Liberty Memorial, Union Station, rail lines, major streets, the downtown hotel district, the retail district, the office building district, and the headquarters of the Kansas City Star and Times newspapers.
Date: 1927
Object Type: Artwork

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #04
Description: Architectural detail of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. This detail depicts the sculpture of an imposing female figure, engraved with SPQR and a variety of scenes, set into the proposed central tower - the figure would not be visible to viewers at Union Station.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #21
Description: Three views of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded fourth place by the 1921 memorial jury. The views depict the imposing female figure set into the proposed central tower and how the figure would not be visible to viewers at Union Station.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #30
Description: Architectural rendering of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Henry F. Hoit, Edwin M. Price and Alfred E. Barnes. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury. "Hoit, Price and Barnes presented plans for a giant, ornamented obelisk that sat atop a large building ringed with columns. Their design was unique in that it set the monument at the extreme south edge of the cultural center's campus, instead of positioning it on the imposing hill opposite Union Station."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #31
Description: Site layout included in the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Henry F. Hoit, Edwin M. Price and Alfred E. Barnes. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury. "Hoit, Price and Barnes presented plans for a giant, ornamented obelisk that sat atop a large building ringed with columns. Their design was unique in that it set the monument at the extreme south edge of the cultural center's campus, instead of positioning it on the imposing hill opposite Union Station."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #32
Description: Obelisk detail included in the Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Henry F. Hoit, Edwin M. Price and Alfred E. Barnes. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury. "Hoit, Price and Barnes presented plans for a giant, ornamented obelisk that sat atop a large building ringed with columns. Their design was unique in that it set the monument at the extreme south edge of the cultural center's campus, instead of positioning it on the imposing hill opposite Union Station."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Leaders at Liberty Memorial Site Dedication
Description: Postcard of Leaders at the Liberty Memorial Site Dedication, inscribed with Admiral Beatty, Gen. Pershing and presumably Marshal Foch, Baron Jacques, Gen. Diaz,
Date: 1921~
Object Type: Postcard

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