File ID	b010p5139
Creator	Taylor, Eugene
Date.Digital	2002-06-25
Date.Original	1910
Description	This formal portrait of Edward Gardner Lewis, (1869-1950) was taken by Eugene Taylor who was on Lewis' staff. Lewis was President of the Lewis Publishing Company and the People's United States Bank, and was also founder of the American Woman's League and the American Woman's Republic. He founded University City, Missouri and served as mayor from 1906 to 1913. He signed this portrait with his motto, "Keep your face to the sunshine and you will not see the shadows. E. G. Lewis 5/10/1910."
Source	Photograph, mounted on cardboard, originally framed, 10.5" by 13.51"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Lewis, Edward Gardner b. 1869
Title	Edward Gardner Lewis, founder of University City