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	Edward Gardner Lewis hired architect Herbert C. Chivers in 1903 to design the new headquarters for the Lewis Publishing Company. He designed the building using a mix of styles. This photograph was probably taken soon after the headquarters building, known more familiarly as the Woman's Magazine Building, was completed. William Bailey's lion sculptures flank the entries, and his two-ton cupids perch above the arched fifth floor windows. The famous 80 inch General Electric searchlight that Lewis used to attract visitors from the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, has been raised and is visible above the crown of the domed roof.
	When Edward Gardner Lewis built the Woman's Magazine Building in 1903, he included a massive searchlight on top of the building as a means of attracting people attending the St. Louis World's Fair just a short distance away. He ordered the searchlight from General Electric Company. This may have been a specification photograph, used compare the standard 9-inch searchlight with the 80-inch searchlight that Lewis purchased and had installed.
	When Edward Gardner Lewis built the Woman's Magazine Building in 1903, he included a massive searchlight on top of the building as a means of attracting people attending the St. Louis World's Fair just a short distance away. He ordered the searchlight from General Electric Company. This may have been a specification photograph, used compare the standard 9-inch searchlight and a person with the 80-inch searchlight that Lewis purchased and had installed.
	This drawing is an idealized nighttime view of Camp Lewis, probably drawn by Lewis Publishing Company artist George Blake. It was frequently used in promoting Camp Lewis. Camp Lewis was built on property in University Heights #1, and in this drawing the famous 80 inch search light on top of the Woman's Magazine Building is shown illuminating the Camp. Lights of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition appear in the distance. The layout of Camp Lewis appears reversed. The dining tent and other community facilities were actually on the north side, rather than on the south side as they appear here.

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