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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposals Collection
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Description
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This one box, 15 folder collection contains 43 black and white photographs measuring 8" x 10" of various views of the entries that were submitted to the Liberty Memorial design contest. They are in the order in which they had been bound, leaving some folders with images from several different entrants. Each photograph is identified as to the designer. Date processed: June, 1998.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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Title
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The "Chilling" Story Behind Liberty Memorial's North Wall Frieze
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Description
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Story of the north frieze sculpture on the Liberty Memorial. The memorial's designer H. Van Buren Magonigle wanted his wife Edith's design to be used but apparently the Liberty Memorial Association thought differently. Sculptor Edmund Amateis was chosen to design and carve the frieze.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A Memorial at Kansas City, Missouri
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Description
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Illustrations and descriptions of the award-winning designs for the Liberty Memorial located at Penn Valley Park.
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Date
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1921-08
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #05
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #06
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #11
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #08
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Description
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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..."
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #09
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #07
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #02
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Description
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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.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #10
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Description
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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."
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Photograph