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	This stage was set up for the Friday night festival at the American Woman's League Convention. The scenic railway at the Delmar Garden Amusement Park which was just across the road appears behind the stage. This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on June 10, 1910.
	In the spring of 1903 Edward Gardner Lewis broke ground for his new publishing company headquarters on Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis County. Friends, associates and employees gathered for the event. The buildings and scenic railroad at Delmar Garden Amusement Park are visible just east of the site for Lewis' new building.
	This photograph was taken in early 1903, looking east on Delmar Boulevard. Delmar Garden Amusement Park is on the left.
	This is an early view of the Delmar Loop taken looking east from the top floor of the Woman's Magazine Building in September, 1907. Delmar Garden Amusement Park is on the left, and a streetcar is just making the "loop" through the southwest corner of the Park to return to St. Louis. The Park Hotel is on the upper right, with Parkview Subdivision just beyond.
	In 1909, University City residents passed a bond issue for funds to construct a city hall. In this photograph, taken on July 6, 1910, Edward Gardner Lewis and friends and business associates are breaking ground for the new building at 6618 Delmar. Second from the left is Marshall John Willman; seventh from the left is Fire Chief Oscar J. Kortkamp; next to him is Judge Shepherd Barkley who helped incorporate the city. Lewis is holding the shovel. Delmar Garden Amusement Park is in the background.
	In July, 1909, the Missouri and Illinois camps of the Modern Woodmen of America held a joint encampment on the lawn just east of the Woman's Magazine Building in University City. In this photograph, Edward Gardner Lewis is addressing the gathering being held at Delmar Garden Amusement Park to hear guest speaker Senator Benjamin R. Tillman of South Carolina. Senator Tillman, wearing a white shirt, is seated on the platform behind Lewis. A similar photograph and extensive coverage of the event appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on July 7, 1909.
	This photograph was taken from an upper story of the Woman's Magazine Building about 1904. The intersection of Oberlin Avenue and Harvard Avenue in University Heights #1 is at the left. The tracks for the Creve Coeur streetcar are center to right, and a streetcar is headed north. Some of the buildings in Delmar Garden Amusement Park are on the right.
	This photograph shows both the Woman's Magazine Building on the left, and the Woman's National Daily Building on the right. Both buildings were designed by architect Herbert C. Chivers. The Woman's National Daily Building was constructed of poured concrete faced with white marble. In this photograph, the Woman's National Daily Building is nearing full height, but another tier of concrete forms is in place around the top of the building. Some of the buildings for Delmar Garden Amusement Park are just visible at left center.
	On May 10, 1910, the St. Louis Lumbermen's Club and their wives visited University City, and toured the Lewis Publishing Company printing plants and the Art Academy of the People's University. Edward Gardner Lewis entertained the group for lunch in the dining room at Delmar Garden Amusement Park.
	On May 17, 1910, members of the Junior and Senior classes at Lenox Hall and their principal, Louise Thomas, were guests of Mabel Gertrude Lewis for a tour of University City, luncheon and an afternoon at Delmar Garden Amusement Park. In this photograph which appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on May 18, 1910, Edward Gardner Lewis had joined the group for luncheon in the Delmar Pavilion. Lenox Hall was a private school for girls. Their new building in University City was scheduled to be ready in the fall of 1910.
	This photograph of Delmar Garden Amusement Park was taken from the top of the Woman's Magazine Building about 1904. The Amusement Park opened around the turn of the century on Delmar Boulevard at the end of the Delmar Streetcar line, offering a variety of entertainment venues, rides and eating and drinking establishments. At the time University City was incorporated it had a somewhat unsavory reputation, but management followed the new ordinances, and the Amusement Park remained popular until it closed in the late teens. The Delmar Race Track was located just east of Delmar Garden, and the cupola on the Race Track stands is just visible over the trees. Tracks for the Creve Coeur Streetcar run across the center of the photo. The Lewis Publishing Company baseball team practiced on the ball field in the foreground.
	This photograph of Delmar Garden Amusement Park was taken from the top of the Woman's Magazine Building about 1904. The Amusement Park opened around the turn of the century on Delmar Boulevard at the end of the Delmar Streetcar line, offering a variety of entertainment venues, rides and eating and drinking establishments. At the time University City was incorporated it had a somewhat unsavory reputation, but management followed the new ordinances, and the Amusement Park remained popular until it closed in the late teens. The Delmar Race Track was located just east of Delmar Garden, and the cupola on the Race Track stands is just visible over the trees. Tracks for the Creve Coeur Streetcar run across the center of the photo. The Lewis Publishing Company baseball team used the ball field in the foreground.
	This photograph, taken from the top of the Woman's Magazine Building, shows the Lewis Publishing Company baseball field and the stands built for spectators. The company had both junior and senior teams for employees. Tracks for the Creve Coeur Streetcar run across the center of the photo behind the ball field fence. Delmar Garden Amusement Park is visible in the background. The Amusement Park opened around the turn of the century on Delmar Boulevard at the end of the Delmar Streetcar line, offering a variety of entertainment venues, rides and eating and drinking establishments. At the time University City was incorporated it had a somewhat unsavory reputation, but management followed the new ordinances, and the Amusement Park remained popular until it closed in the late teens.
	Inclement weather during the Convention forced many of the sessions to be held inside in cramped quarters. This mass meeting on the final day of Convention was held in the theatre at Delmar Garden Amusement Park, just east of the Lewis Publishing Company headquarters. This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on June 11, 1910.

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