File ID	f022p0313
Contributor	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Date.Digital	2002-05-08
Date.Original	1910-07-06
Description	In 1909, University City residents passed a bond issue for funds to construct a city hall. In this photograph, taken on July 6, 1910, Edward Gardner Lewis and friends and business associates are breaking ground for the new building at 6618 Delmar. Second from the left is Marshall John Willman; seventh from the left is Fire Chief Oscar J. Kortkamp; next to him is Judge Shepherd Barkley who helped incorporate the city. Lewis is holding the shovel. Delmar Garden Amusement Park is in the background.
Source	Photograph, laminated, hole upper right, stains, 9.65" by 7.70"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Kortkamp, Oscar J.
Subject	Willman, John
Subject	Barkley, Shepherd
Subject	Delmar Garden Amusement Park (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis, Edward Gardner b. 1869
Subject.Keyword	People--Missouri--University City
Title	Groundbreaking for University City's first city hall, 1910