File ID	f304p2192
Contributor	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Date.Digital	2002-07-25
Date.Original	1910
Description	The original design for the Woman's National Daily Building in 1905 showed wide walks and steps leading to four entrances. Each set of steps was to be flanked with sphinxes. When the building was completed neither these nor the tall obelisks were included. In 1910, an honor student working under George Julian Zolnay designed this sphinx as part of a plan for honor students to decorate the League's buildings. Sphinxes would line the walks of the Woman's National Daily Building as originally intended. This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on May 3, 1910. By 1911, this use of the sphinxes became a fund raising plan and the model for the sphinx credited to George Julian Zolnay. Each member of the American Woman's League would contribute from 10 cents to $1 to a state fund. When sufficient funds were raised a sphinx with that state's name on it would be installed on the stairway. Small paper-weight sized models and larger book-end sized models were cast and offered for sale to members.
Source	Photograph, upper corners torn, lower corners creased, 9.53" by 7.74"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject.Keyword	Sculpture
Title	Model for sphinx for steps of Woman's National Daily Building