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Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #25
Description: Architectural rendering of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City/New York-based Edward Buehler Delk with Armstrong & De Gelke. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded sixth place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Delk's plans centered on a gigantic tower presaging the step-back Art Deco skyscrapers of the late 1920s, such as the Power & Light Building later built in Kansas City. The tower sat behind a huge frieze wall and terraced lawns reaching down to Pershing Road."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #24
Description: Architectural rendering of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City/New York-based Edward Buehler Delk with Armstrong & De Gelke. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded sixth place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Delk's plans centered on a gigantic tower presaging the step-back Art Deco skyscrapers of the late 1920s, such as the Power & Light Building later built in Kansas City. The tower sat behind a huge frieze wall and terraced lawns reaching down to Pershing Road."
Date: 1921
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 #26
Description: Architectural rendering of the Liberty Memorial design proposal from the Kansas City/New York-based Edward Buehler Delk with Armstrong & De Gelke. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was awarded sixth place by the 1921 memorial jury. "Delk's plans centered on a gigantic tower presaging the step-back Art Deco skyscrapers of the late 1920s, such as the Power & Light Building later built in Kansas City. The tower sat behind a huge frieze wall and terraced lawns reaching down to Pershing Road."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.22
Description: Page 22 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. A photograph view looking west of two individuals seated near the Pioneer Mother Monument in Penn Valley Park is attached to the page. The two are identified as Dick Morris and Albert Claus.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1, p.17
Description: Page 17 of the Hugh M. Dougherty Scrapbook #1. A photograph view looking west of a police car parked near the Pioneer Mother Monument in Penn Valley Park is attached to the page.
Date: 1930~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #37
Description: Architectural rendering of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Selby H. Kurfiss. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, the entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "Kurfiss's proposal for the memorial consisted of a dual staircase, encircling a large field of figural statues surging toward a cenotaph with a frieze wall. Behind the wall lay a semicircle of columns, forming a type of arena."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #39
Description: Architectural depictions of the east elevation and north elevation included with a Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Selby H. Kurfiss. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, the entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "Kurfiss's proposal for the memorial consisted of a dual staircase, encircling a large field of figural statues surging toward a cenotaph with a frieze wall. Behind the wall lay a semicircle of columns, forming a type of arena."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #38
Description: Site layout included with a Liberty Memorial design proposal from Kansas City-based Selby H. Kurfiss. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, the entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association. "Kurfiss's proposal for the memorial consisted of a dual staircase, encircling a large field of figural statues surging toward a cenotaph with a frieze wall. Behind the wall lay a semicircle of columns, forming a type of arena."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial
Description: Describes the changes that would occur to the Liberty Memorial if proposed redesigns take place.
Date: 2000
Object Type: Magazine

Title: The Scout Statue At Night
Description: View of the Scout Statue looking northwest and taken at dusk or early evening.
Date: 1917
Object Type: Photograph

Title: A Memorial at Kansas City, Missouri
Description: Illustrations and descriptions of the award-winning designs for the Liberty Memorial located at Penn Valley Park.
Date: 1921-08
Object Type: Magazine

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #05
Description: Architectural rendering of the site layout for a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. This proposal was awarded first-place by the 1921 memorial jury, according to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial. "His plans for the memorial drew heavily on the then-popular Egyptian Revival style, as well as the geometric patterns of what would soon be known as Art Deco. Both majestic in scale yet serenely pensive, Magonigle's designs drew fulsome praise from the jury, which described it as 'an architectural masterpiece, a design of commanding dignity, power and beauty."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #06
Description: Architectural site detail for a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. This proposal was awarded first-place by the 1921 memorial jury, according to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial. "His plans for the memorial drew heavily on the then-popular Egyptian Revival style, as well as the geometric patterns of what would soon be known as Art Deco. Both majestic in scale yet serenely pensive, Magonigle's designs drew fulsome praise from the jury, which described it as 'an architectural masterpiece, a design of commanding dignity, power and beauty."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #11
Description: Architectural rendering of the east elevation included with a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. This proposal was awarded first-place by the 1921 memorial jury, according to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial. "His plans for the memorial drew heavily on the then-popular Egyptian Revival style, as well as the geometric patterns of what would soon be known as Art Deco. Both majestic in scale yet serenely pensive, Magonigle's designs drew fulsome praise from the jury, which described it as 'an architectural masterpiece, a design of commanding dignity, power and beauty."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #08
Description: Architectural rendering of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. This proposal was awarded first-place by the 1921 memorial jury, according to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial. "His plans for the memorial drew heavily on the then-popular Egyptian Revival style, as well as the geometric patterns of what would soon be known as Art Deco. Both majestic in scale yet serenely pensive, Magonigle's designs drew fulsome praise from the jury, which described it as 'an architectural masterpiece, a design of commanding dignity, power and beauty." "...a soaring memorial shaft, flanked atop a giant wall by two urns..."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #09
Description: Architectural detail of "a guardian spirit at the top of the shaft" included with a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. This proposal was awarded first-place by the 1921 memorial jury, according to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial. "His plans for the memorial drew heavily on the then-popular Egyptian Revival style, as well as the geometric patterns of what would soon be known as Art Deco. Both majestic in scale yet serenely pensive, Magonigle's designs drew fulsome praise from the jury, which described it as 'an architectural masterpiece, a design of commanding dignity, power and beauty."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #07
Description: Architectural rendering of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. This proposal was awarded first-place by the 1921 memorial jury, according to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial. "His plans for the memorial drew heavily on the then-popular Egyptian Revival style, as well as the geometric patterns of what would soon be known as Art Deco. Both majestic in scale yet serenely pensive, Magonigle's designs drew fulsome praise from the jury, which described it as 'an architectural masterpiece, a design of commanding dignity, power and beauty." The proposed inscription reads: "To perpetuate the courage, loyalty, and sacrifice of the patriots who offered and who gave their services, their lives, and their all in defence of liberty and the nation's honor during the World War."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #02
Description: Architectural detail of a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. According to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, their entry was unranked by the 1921 memorial jury convened by the Liberty Memorial Association.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #10
Description: Architectural detail of the "east elevation" included with a Liberty Memorial design proposal from the New York-based Harold Van Buren Magonigle. This proposal was awarded first-place by the 1921 memorial jury, according to Derek Donovan's Lest the Ages Forget: Kansas City's Liberty Memorial. "His plans for the memorial drew heavily on the then-popular Egyptian Revival style, as well as the geometric patterns of what would soon be known as Art Deco. Both majestic in scale yet serenely pensive, Magonigle's designs drew fulsome praise from the jury, which described it as 'an architectural masterpiece, a design of commanding dignity, power and beauty."
Date: 1921
Object Type: Photograph

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