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23 July 2009
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PH1999:0187
architecture
between 1987 and 1993
architecture
PH2000:0152
architecture
between 1987 and 1993
architecture
PH1980:1403
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- This war memorial commemorates the men of Westmount who died during World War I and World War II. The bronze statue in the round shows an armed soldier being guided forward by a winged Victory. There are two bas-reliefs on either side of the base, the one on the right side shows a nurse with an armchair in the background while the one on the left side shows a woman and dog with a soldier's uniform and helmet in the background. The parapet at the rear of the statue lists the men who died during World War I, while the parapets to either side of the statue list the men who died during World War II.
architecture, sculpture
1977 or 1978
View of the war memorial commemorating World Wars I and II, between Sherbrooke Street and chemin de la Côte Saint-Antoine, Westmount, Québec
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PH1980:1403
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- This war memorial commemorates the men of Westmount who died during World War I and World War II. The bronze statue in the round shows an armed soldier being guided forward by a winged Victory. There are two bas-reliefs on either side of the base, the one on the right side shows a nurse with an armchair in the background while the one on the left side shows a woman and dog with a soldier's uniform and helmet in the background. The parapet at the rear of the statue lists the men who died during World War I, while the parapets to either side of the statue list the men who died during World War II.
architecture, sculpture
Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
7 March 2009 to 8 March 2009
Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II
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Front to Rear: Architecture and Planning during World War II, held at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, brings together research investigating a wide range of architectural activities, taking place in diverse geographical locations, and occurring between the bombings of Guernica in 1937 and Hiroshima in 1945. World War II was a key moment in the process of(...)
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
textual records
AP075.S3.SS2.024
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Original folder entitled: "War Memorial Toronto".
1994
Design competition for World War II 50th Anniversary Memorial in Toronto
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AP075.S3.SS2.024
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Original folder entitled: "War Memorial Toronto".
textual records
1994
archives
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Fonds
Ross & Macdonald fonds
AP013
Synopsis:
The Ross & Macdonald fonds is comprised of documents concerning the work of six successive architectural firms: Ross & MacFarlane (1905-1912), Ross & Macdonald (1913-1944), Ross & Ross (1944-1946), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan (1946-1950), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (1950-1958), and Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett (1958-1976). The greatest concentration of work was produced in Montreal where each of the firms maintained their head office, but there were also a large number of works executed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The fonds contains 27 884 drawings (24 294 originals plus 3 590 reproductions), 236 photographs, and 18.6 metres of textual documents.
1902-1982
Ross & Macdonald fonds
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AP013
Synopsis:
The Ross & Macdonald fonds is comprised of documents concerning the work of six successive architectural firms: Ross & MacFarlane (1905-1912), Ross & Macdonald (1913-1944), Ross & Ross (1944-1946), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Heughan (1946-1950), Ross, Patterson, Townsend & Fish (1950-1958), and Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett (1958-1976). The greatest concentration of work was produced in Montreal where each of the firms maintained their head office, but there were also a large number of works executed in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The fonds contains 27 884 drawings (24 294 originals plus 3 590 reproductions), 236 photographs, and 18.6 metres of textual documents.
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1902-1982
archives
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4 items : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans
Maryland World War II Memorial Design Competition : competition documents, 1995.
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4 items : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, plans
archives
archives
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4 items : ill., map, plan ; 29 cm.
World War II Japanese American War Memorial : competition documents, 1990.
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4 items : ill., map, plan ; 29 cm.
archives
books
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x, 430 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
Worthy of the nation : Washington, DC, from L'Enfant to the National Capital Planning Commission / [United States National Capital Planning Commission] ; Frederick Gutheim, Antoinette J. Lee ; foreword by Laura Bush.
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x, 430 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 28 cm
books
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.