File ID	f298p1894
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 holding the trowel as workmen are lowering the cornerstone into place. At the far left is a model of the building. Standing next to the model 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, crease upper right, faded, 9.79" by 7.79"
Subject	University City (Mo.)--Pictorial Works
Subject	Lewis Publishing Company (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Woman's Magazine Building (University City, Mo.)
Subject	Lewis, Edward Gardner b. 1869
Subject	Kramer, H. L.
Subject	Lewis, Mabel Gertrude
Subject	Francis, David Rowland, 1850-1927
Subject.Keyword	People--Missouri--University City
Title	David R. Francis laying cornerstone for Lewis Publishing Company headquarters, 1903 - View 2