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The Memorial Shaft Rapidly Is Smoothing Out
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Description
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Photo, diagram, and caption about the planned lights (flames) at the top of Liberty Memorial, still under construction in 1924.
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1924-10-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope
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Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope (1827-1909), a prominent local real estate investor and namesake of Swope Park killed in an infamous poisoning by his doctor.
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Date
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2009-10-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Liberty Memorial
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Description
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View of Liberty Memorial looking south from Pershing Road.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Pole Marks Center of Franklin Town Square Where the Santa Fe Trail Began in 1821
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Article describes the March 16, 2005 erection of a marker pole at the center of the Franklin, Missouri town square, where the Santa Fe Trail began in 1821. The pole, which stands on the private property of Bob and Joyce Biesemeyer, is visible from the nearby road.
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Date
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2005-05
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Statue Honors Explorers
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Description
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Article describes the dedication of the Lewis and Clark statue located in Case Park near the Broadway Bridge in downtown Kansas City. Author Stephen Ambrose and Governer Mel Carnahan were speakers at the dedication. The bronze sculpture is entitled "Corps of Discovery" and is 18 feet tall and 21 feet wide. It was sculpted by Eugene Daub. The five figures included are Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, York, and Seaman who was Lewis' dog. [The William T. Kemper Foundation provided funding with the assistance of other donations. KC Star, March 6, 1999]
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Date
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2000-04-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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New Day For a Monument
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Captioned photograph showing part of the newly moved Civil Rights Monument as well as Judge Scott O. Wright and the monument's artist Kwan Wu. The monument formerlly was at the old federal courthouse and has now been placed in Davis Park also known as the Civic Mall.
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2002-05-18
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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United Nations Peace Plaza Dedicated in Independence
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Description
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Article describes the dedication of the United Nations Peace Plaza, built on the grounds of the Community of Christ Temple to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations.
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Date
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2003-04-28
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1953-1955
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Photos, illustrations, and first in a series of articles about the marking of historic sites on Missouri highways by the State Highway Commission, including the Kansas City area (Platte County, Missouri).
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1957-10
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Magazine Article
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Corps of Discovery Sculpture
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Description
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The bronze statue entitled "Corps of Discovery" is located in Case Park at 8th and Jefferson streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Sculpted by Eugene Daub, the Lewis and Clark statue, commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition, is 18 feet tall and 21 feet wide. The five figures are Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, York, and Seaman, Lewis' dog. It was dedicated April 20, 2000. A replica of the sculpture can be seen in the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City Public Library.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Corps of Discovery Sculpture
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Description
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The bronze statue entitled "Corps of Discovery" is located in Case Park at 8th and Jefferson streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Sculpted by Eugene Daub, the Lewis and Clark statue, commemorating the Lewis and Clark expedition, is 18 feet tall and 21 feet wide. The five figures are Lewis, Clark, Sacagawea, York, and Seaman, Lewis' dog. It was dedicated April 20, 2000. A replica of the sculpture can be seen in the Missouri Valley Room of the Kansas City Public Library.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Liberty Memorial Dedication Parade
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Description
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Postcard of the American Legion parade during the Liberty Memorial Dedication in 1921.
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Date
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1921
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Object Type
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Postcard
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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 monument to 15 Confederate soldiers. Cemetery located at 28th and Warwick Trafficway.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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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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Kansas City Sun newspaper
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Folder contains a subscription certificate published by the "Kansas City Sun", 1915. It indicates that half of the subscription price was to go toward the building of a Union Soldiers Monument in Kansas City, Kansas. The back side of the certificate contains photos of local Indian missions.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Archival Material
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