File ID	f298p1896
Contributor	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Date.Digital	2002-07-19
Date.Original	1903-08-29
Description	On August 29, 1903, David R. Francis, former governor of Missouri and president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, laid the cornerstone for the new Lewis Publishing Company headquarters on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis County. In this photograph Governor Francis is preparing to make his address to the friends, associates and employees gathered for the event. Standing to the left of him are Major H. L. Kramer, a vice president of Lewis Publishing Company, and Mabel Lewis. Edward Gardner Lewis is standing just to the right of the cornerstone. Others on the platform are unidentified business associates.
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Woman's Magazine Building (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis, Edward Gardner b. 1869
Subject	Lewis, Mabel Gertrude
Subject	Kramer, H. L.
Subject	Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
Subject.Keyword	People--Missouri--University City
Title	Photograph, faded, dirty, wrinkled, creases across top, torn upper right corner, 9.72" by 7.86"
Title	David R. Francis laying cornerstone for Lewis Publishing Company headquarters, 1903 - View 4