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Title: Main Street Plaza
Description: View of the Main Street Plaza, from 6th to 9th streets on Main Street, facing north. The sculpture and fountain pictured is known as the Muse of the Missouri.
Date: 1964
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Alfred Benjamin Memorial
Description: Postcard of the Alfred Benjamin Memorial.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: The Scout
Description: Postcard of The Scout statue in Penn Valley Park.
Date: 1918
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Clay County, Oak Ridge Manor and Justice Statue
Description: Postcard of Oakridge Manor and a Justice statue that once topped the Clay County Courthouse in Liberty, Missouri.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Pioneer Mother Statue
Description: Postcard of the Pioneer Mother Statue
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Jim Bridger Monument
Description: Postcard of the Jim Bridger Monument in Mount Washington Cemetery.
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Churchill Statue
Description: View of the statue of the Winston and Clementine Churchill located at the northwest corner of Wornall Road and Ward Parkway in the Country Club Plaza.
Date: 1989
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial
Description: Close-up photograph of Liberty Memorial circa 1990. The photograph shows sculptural details, called Guardian Spirits, near the top of the memorial's tower. Four Spirits are depicted on the tower, and are called Honor, Courage, Patriotism, and Sacrifice. Built as a memorial to World War I, the monument and its attached museum were dedicated in 1926 and were designed by architect H. Van Buren Magonigle in Egyptian Revival style. Structural deterioration lead to the memorial being closed to the public in 1994. It was restored and reopened, with an expanded museum, in 2006.
Date: 1990~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John F. Kennedy Memorial at Kessler Park
Description: Photograph of The Colonnade area of Kessler Park in the early 1980s, looking across St. John Avenue from its intersection with Gladstone Boulevard. A memorial to President John F. Kennedy, dedicated on May 29, 1965, can be seen at center.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Known And Unknown Colored Soldiers And Sailors Civil War Marker - Woodland Cemetery
Description: View of a marker dedicated to known and unknown Black soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War in Woodland Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. The monument was erected in 1905 by the Grand Army of the Republic Sumner Woman's Relief Corps No. 22. The Inscription reads: GAR - Erected in memory of the known and unknown colored soldiers and sailors who fought in defense of the Union from 1861 to 1865 by Sumner Relief Corp. No 22 through the special efforts of the national aides [line obliterated] Cora S. Dameron.
Date: 1905~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial
Description: Postcard of the Liberty Memorial at night.
Date: 1929~
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Lest We Forget - Liberty Memorial
Description: View looking south of the Liberty Memorial at night.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Photograph

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: Main Street Looking North from 10th Street
Description: View looking north along Main Street from just south of its intersection with 10th Street. Cars and pedestrians can be seen. The TenMain Center Building is in view. The William Thornton and Charlotte Crosby Kemper Memorial and Missouri Waters fountains can be seen.
Date: 2000~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John F. Kennedy Memorial
Description: Folder contains brochure or program for the dedication ceremony of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial on the Concourse in Kansas City at Saint John and Gladstone Boulevards on May 29, 1965.
Date: 1965-05-18
Object Type: Vertical File

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

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: Pioneer Mother Statue
Description: Postcard of the Pioneer Mother Statue in Penn Valley Park.
Date: 1946-05-31
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Andrew Jackson Statue
Description: View of the Andrew Jackson statue; located on north side of Jackson County Courthouse, southeast corner of 12th and Oak streets.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hawthorn Tree and Kansas City, Missouri Skyline
Description: A color glass plate positive photograph of a hawtorn (crataegus) tree in bloom in the north central section of Penn Valley Park. This vantage point faces north towards downtown Kansas City, Missouri and shows Liberty Memorial in the right background.
Date: 1941-04-29
Object Type: Photograph

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