File ID	f298p1900
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 finishing with the trowel. 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.
Source	Photograph, wrinkled, surface damage lower right, faded, 8.09" by 6.10"
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Woman's Magazine Building (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject.Keyword	People--Missouri--University City
Title	David R. Francis laying cornerstone for Lewis Publishing Company headquarters, 1903 - View 3