Liberty Memorial Design Proposals Collection

Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #04
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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
Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #19
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #19
Description
Architectural rendering 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. "Extending across Main Street to Signboard Hill with an arch, Goodhue's plan was entirely asymmetrical."
Date
1921
Object Type
Photograph
Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #20
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Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #20
Description
Architectural rendering of the site layout included with 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. "Extending across Main Street to Signboard Hill with an arch, Goodhue's plan was entirely asymmetrical."
Date
1921
Object Type
Photograph
Liberty Memorial Design Proposal #21
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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