File ID	f298p1898
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 presenting flowers to Mabel Lewis after making his address to the friends, associates and employees gathered for the event. Major H. L. Kramer, a vice president of Lewis Publishing Company is to the left of Mabel Lewis. Edward Gardner Lewis is standing just to the right of the cornerstone. Others on the platform are unidentified business associates.
Source	Photograph, overexposed, tear upper right corner, surface damage upper left, 8.27" by 6.14"
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	Kramer, H. L.
Subject	Lewis, Mabel Gertrude
Subject	Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
Title	David R. Francis laying cornerstone for Lewis Publishing Company headquarters, 1903 - View 7