File ID	f304p2181
Date.Digital	2002-07-24
Date.Original	1906-11-10
Description	The dedication ceremony for the Woman's National Daily Building and the new Goss printing press was held on November 10, 1906. David R. Francis, former governor of Missouri and former president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was the guest of honor and gave the dedication address. In this photograph, Governor Francis is standing at the top of the press. Seated to the left of Governor Francis are the Rev. William H. Lewis and Catherine E. Lewis, Edward Gardner Lewis' parents. The Rev. Mr. Lewis gave the blessing. Mrs. Lewis was invited to press the button to start the great press which had been built especially to print "The Woman's National Daily." The press, named "The Lewis," could produce 5,000 completed newspapers per minute. A similar photograph and an article about the dedication appeared in "The Woman's Magazine" in December 1906.
Source	Photograph, laminated, staining lower left, 9.63" by 7.36"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Lewis, Catherine E.
Subject	Lewis, William H. (The Rev.)
Subject	Woman's National Daily Building-Interior (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Goss Printing Press Company (Chicago, Il.)
Subject	Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
Subject.Keyword	People--Missouri--University City
Subject.Keyword	Printing presses
Title	Dedication ceremony for the Woman's Magazine Building - View 2