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Title: The Memorial Shaft Rapidly Is Smoothing Out
Description: Photo, diagram, and caption about the planned lights (flames) at the top of Liberty Memorial, still under construction in 1924.
Date: 1924-10-16
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: City Monuments and Buildings Provide Ample Car Tag Design
Description: Design for stickers beginning with 1933. Previous to 1933 using metal tags.
Date: 1941-01-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Obituary for Colonel Thomas Swope
Description: 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.
Date: 2009-10-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Pole Marks Center of Franklin Town Square Where the Santa Fe Trail Began in 1821
Description: 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.
Date: 2005-05
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Statue Honors Explorers
Description: 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]
Date: 2000-04-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: New Day For a Monument
Description: 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.
Date: 2002-05-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: United Nations Peace Plaza Dedicated in Independence
Description: 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.
Date: 2003-04-28
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Missouri's Program for Highway Historic Marking, 1953-1955
Description: 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).
Date: 1957-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Columns Embellish Corridor
Description: Two pairs of columns have been added to downtown. One pair is at Broadway and 5th Street and the other at U.S. 169 and Missouri 9 highways. The columns are part of an ongoing campaign known as the Broadway Corridor Enhancement Program and are designed to make the entrance to downtown more inviting.
Date: 2005-01-23
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Corps of Discovery Sculpture
Description: 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.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Corps of Discovery Sculpture
Description: 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.
Date: 2003
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Liberty Memorial Dedication Parade
Description: Postcard of the American Legion parade during the Liberty Memorial Dedication in 1921.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Calvin Coolidge and Queen Marie, Guests at the Liberty Memorial Dedication
Description: Postcard commemorating the visit of President Calvin Coolidge and Queen Marie of Romania at the Liberty Memorial Dedication in 1926.
Date: 1926
Object Type: Postcard

Title: Confederate Soldiers Monument
Description: Full frontal and side view of monument to 15 Confederate soldiers. Cemetery located at 28th and Warwick Trafficway.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Confederate Soldiers Monument
Description: Full frontal and side view of Confederate Soldiers monument, commemorating those soldiers killed in the Battle of Westport.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Confederate Soldiers Monument
Description: 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.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Confederate Soldiers Monument
Description: Close-up view of base of Confederate Soldiers monument, south end of the cemetery. Monument commemorates those soldiers killed in Battle of Westport.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Historical Marker
Description: Frontal view of historical marker which reads "Shelby's Last Stand", commemorating the Battle of Westport. Cemetery located at 69th and Troost.
Date: 1993
Object Type: Photograph

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