File ID	f091p0001
Date.Digital	2002-06-14
Date.Original	1912-1913
Description	In 1912 when the People's University was closing, the Art Academy became more focused on the production of commercial ware and items that could be mass produced for sale. In this photograph Edward Gardner Lewis (standing left), founder of the Art Academy appears with associates (left to right, back) Frank Furman, an unidentified woman and an unidentified man. In front (left to right) are Mabel, his wife and an artist in her own right, and unidentified woman and Claudia Hazen White, Secretary of the Interior for the American Woman's Republic. The items on display are all made from molds and are awaiting decoration or glazing.
Source	Photograph, 6.81" by 4.68"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Lewis, Mabel Gertrude
Subject	Furman, Frank
Subject	White, Claudia Hazen
Subject	People's University (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Art Academy (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis, Edward Gardner b. 1869
Subject	University City Pottery (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Art Academy Building-Interior (University City, Mo.)
Subject.Keyword	People--Missouri--University City
Subject.Keyword	Art pottery
Title	University City Pottery founder and associates in Art Academy studio