File ID	f303p2167
Contributor	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Date.Digital	2002-07-23
Date.Original	1907-1911
Description	This photograph of Edward Gardner Lewis at his desk in the President's Office in the Woman's National Daily Building was signed by him, "Yours, EG Lewis." This room was located on the upper level of the front pylon. The room was decorated by artist Ralph Chesley Ott in the same striking Egyptian motif as the rest of the building. This room was a very difficult one to photograph. It was lighted from above by a large stained glass skylight which caused photographs to be either under exposed at the bottom or over exposed at the top. This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Weekly" on December 23, 1911, along with Lewis' Christmas message to his readers.
Source	Photograph, mounted on cardboard, upper right corner torn, right edge torn, upper left edge torn, under exposed, 9.95" by 7.84"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Woman's National Daily Building-Interior (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Ott, Ralph Chesley 1875-1931
Subject	Lewis, Edward Gardner b. 1869
Title	Edward Gardner Lewis in the President's Office in the Woman's Magazine Building