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Title
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Battle of Westport Memorial
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Description
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Close-up view of plaque located on north side of 51st opposite Loose Park.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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John T. Frazier, Daguerreotypist of Westport, Missouri
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Judge John Thornton Frazier, an early photographer in Westport starting in the 1850s. He was born in Saint Charles, Missouri, in 1819. Description of his career, moving from Jefferson City to Westport after 1850, and becoming "one of fifteen daguerreotypists [an early type of photography] in Missouri," working also as an artist, carpenter, mayor of Westport, police judge, and town marshal.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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Full frontal and side view of Confederate Soldiers monument, commemorating those soldiers killed in the Battle of Westport.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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View of Confederate Soldiers monument and tombstones at south end of cemetery. Monument commemorates those soldiers killed in Battle of Westport. Cemetery located at 69th and Troost.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Confederate Soldiers Monument
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Description
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Close-up view of base of Confederate Soldiers monument, south end of the cemetery. Monument commemorates those soldiers killed in Battle of Westport.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Historical Marker
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Description
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Frontal view of historical marker which reads "Shelby's Last Stand", commemorating the Battle of Westport. Cemetery located at 69th and Troost.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Memorial Honors World War I Hero
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Description
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Article about Major Murray Davis, a Kansas City lawyer killed in World War I, describing his life and the memorial dedicated in 1928 to him and his comrades, at 40th and Main Streets, and designed by Wight and Wight architects.
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Date
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1993
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
