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1934 (27)

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1. Alfred Benjamin Memorial Alfred Benjamin Memorial 1934 Description of the memorial to the vice-president of Abernathy Furniture Company and philanthropist.
2. August Meyer August Meyer 1934 Biography of August Meyer, as a sculptor and organizer of the Park and Boulevard System, and description of the memorial.
3. Bell Telephone Administration Building Bell Telephone Administration Building 1934 Chapter about the original Telephone Building owned by Southwestern Bell Telephone Company on the northwest corner of 11th and Oak Streets. It was completed in 1919. Fourteen floors were added and completed...
4. Kansas City Athletic Club Building Kansas City Athletic Club Building 1934 Story of the construction of the Kansas City Athletic Club building up to 1923, located at 11th and Baltimore Avenues.
5. Pioneer Mother Statue Pioneer Mother Statue 1934 Chapter 13 focuses on the Pioneer Mother statue and its sculptor Alexander Phimister Proctor. Statue facts: (1) Howard Vanderslice, donor; (2) $100,000 price; (3) two years in the making in Rome, Italy;...
6. Scout Statue Scout Statue 1934 Scout statue facts: (1) Cyrus Dallin, sculptor, (2) Phillip Bear, an Ogalalla scout, model, (3) bronze casting using the "French sand" method, (4) $15,000 cost raised by a public subscription, and (5)...
7. Shrady's George Washington Statue Shrady's George Washington Statue 1934 Chapter in the book about the George Washington statue and its sculptor, Henry Merwin Shrady.
8. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Chapter of the book about Union Station's design and architect Jarvis Hunt.
9. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Chapter about the boom in growth in Kansas City during the 1880s, describing the need for architects in general and discussion about specific architects, including Asa Beebe Cross, or Asa Cross (1826-1894),...
10. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Rough description of the library's history, cited as being built in 1898 but actually built in 1897.
11. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Entire chapter on the Jackson County Courthouse in Independence and a section on the architect of the Kansas City courthouses, Asa Beebe Cross, built in 1872 and 1892.
12. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Origins of the Kansas City Star Building at 18th and Grand Avenues and history of previous addresses for the Kansas City Star headquarters, including (1) 11th and Grand Avenues in 1894, (2) 407-409 Delaware...
13. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Origins of the Kansas City Power & Light company itself as well as its building, erected by the Swenson Construction Company. General drawings under the direction of Mr. Meriwether. Mechanical drawing...
14. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 History of the R. A. Long residence at 3218 Gladstone Boulevard, later the Kansas City Museum.
15. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Whole chapter about R. A. Long and the building named after him constructed in 1907 at 10th and Grand Avenues.
16. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Descriptions of the history and architecture of the New York Life Building at 9th and Baltimore Avenues and the Saint-Gaudens Eagle sculpture atop it.
17. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Description of the memorial for William Rockhill Nelson.
18. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Description of Henry Van Brunt, a prominent Kansas City architect starting in the late 1880s and in 1899 elected national president of the American Institute of Architects, "an honor for the first time...
19. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Photos of two buildings of interest: the passenger station at Municipal Airport and the hangar for Transcontinental & Western Air Lines.
20. There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City There Is No Limit: Architecture and Sculpture in Kansas City 1934 Description of the "elaborate interior of Loew's Midland Theater," including statuary, grand foyer, large chandelier, Tiffany glass mosaic, etc., opened in 1927.