Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
Administrative History
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Administrative History
Sharon A. Brown |
APPENDIX C:
Photographs and Illustrations
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President Harry Truman, center, confers
with Luther Ely Smith at the memorial's dedication June 1950. William
Crowdus of JNEMA is to the president's left.
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The architectural competition jury of
award stand on the Old Courthouse steps. From left: S. Herbert Hare,
Roland A. Wank, Charles Nagel, Jr., Louis La Beaume, Fiske Kimball,
Richard J. Neutra, George Howe and William Wurster.
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Eero Saarinen's first stage entry in the
architectural competition's second stage.
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Eero Saarinen's prize winning entry in
the architectural competition's second stage.
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Eero Saarinen.
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The Arch's triangular sections are
composed of stainless and plate steel, concrete and steel tendons.
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The Gateway Arch is "topped out" as the
final section is inserted on October 28, 1965.
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The creeper derricks are slowly backing
down the Arch legs in this January 6, 1966 photograph. Arteaga Photos,
Limited, St. Louis.
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The Old Courthouse and Luther Ely Smith
Square as seen from the top of the Arch in 1979. Photo by Joseph L.
Matthews.
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Visitor Center and Museum of Westward
Expansion Floor Plan. (click on image for an enlargement in a new
window)
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Last Updated: 15-Jan-2004
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