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    		• Ashner, L.,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Bust
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Medallion
     
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    		• Stele
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Police Monument I, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ashner, L., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Police Monument I, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Feb. 2, 1903. Relocated 1935. Relocated Feb. 1983.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Medallion: bronze; Stele: Vermont granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Stele: approx. 10 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 19 in. x 6 ft. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    L ASHNER (On front of stele, below medallion, incised:) MARTIN HYNES DEC. 30, 1881/PATRICK JONES APR. 3, 1882/J.E. JACOBSON AUG. 26, 1897/FRANK McNAMARA JUNE 28, 1902/A.R. McKINNEY JAN. 24, 1903/S.O. FLANAGAN MAY 16, 1903/J.P. KEENAN JUNE 2, 1903/F.C. McGINNIS SEPT. 20, 1904/W.P. MULVIHILL MAR. 22, 1905/A.O. DOLBOW DEC. 8, 1908/M.P. MULLAND DEC. 10, 1908 (On front of stele, below officers' names, raised:) ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE/AS A TRIBUTE TO/THE POLICE/OF KANSAS CITY, MO./WHO FELL IN THE DISCHARGE OF DUTY signed
    Description: 
    A bronze medallion of a bust of a policeman is mounted at the top front of a granite stele. The policeman has a mustache and wears a uniform including a helmet or hat. He is turned towards his proper right. Below the medallion the granite stele is carved with the names of eleven officers who died in the line of duty between Dec. 30, 1881 and Dec. 10, 1908.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Bust
    Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
    Dress -- Uniform -- Police Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Medallion
    Stele
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Police Benefit Association, 1328 Agnes, Kansas City, Missouri
    Located Police Headquarters, 1125 Locust, Kansas City, Missouri
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Paseo between Admiral Boulevard & Independence Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 1935-Feb. 1983.
    Originally installed Old City Hall, 5th & Main Streets, Kansas City, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Funded by public subscriptions. Cost: $1,300. IAS files contain supplementary information which discusses dedication.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 48.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Board of Parks & Recreation Commissioners, Kansas City, MO, "Historic & Dedicatory Monuments of Kansas City," 1987, pg. 48.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS 76000894
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