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	Employees of the Lewis Publishing Company and the American Woman's League formed the reception committee at St. Louis Union Station, welcoming delegates, members and friends arriving for the Convention. This photograph was taken in front of the League's information bureau, and it appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on June 10, 1910.
	These Lewis Publishing Company employees stepped forward for provide accommodations for delegates in their homes or homes of friends when the American Woman's League Convention planners discovered that few hotel rooms were available because of a doctors' convention meeting in St. Louis at the same time. These same employees served as the reception committee for arriving members and delegates at Union Station. This photograph was taken on June 4, 1910 and appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on June 7, 1910.
	Lewis Publishing Company employees posed for this photograph in front of the Woman's Magazine Building in 1904. It was probably taken in the spring, shortly after the building opened. Construction materials can be seen on either side of the walk and up next to the building.
	Lewis Publishing Company employees gathered on the steps in front of the Woman's Magazine Building on May 14, 1908 to welcome Edward Gardner Lewis after his acquittal on fraud charges. Employees are holding photographs of Lewis.
	Lewis Publishing Company reserved a special section of the reviewing stand for employees on Dedication Day for the 1094 St. Louis World's Fair on May 1, 1903. A similar photograph appeared in "The Woman's Magazine" in June, 1903.
	This was the office of A. P. Coakley, Advertising Manager for the Lewis Publishing Company on the second floor of the Woman's Magazine Building. Mr. Coakley is at the large desk on the right. This photograph appeared in "The Papers of the People," a booklet promoting the Lewis Publishing Company, published in 1906.
	This was the office of Frank J. Cabot, Secretary and Editor for the Lewis Publishing Company, on the second floor of the Woman's Magazine Building. This office was where all the daily mail was opened. The calendar on the wall indicates that this photograph was taken in April 1904. This photograph appeared in "The Papers of the People," a booklet promoting the Lewis Publishing Company, published in 1906.
	This photograph shows the Composing Room for the Lewis Publishing Company in the Woman's Magazine Building. It appeared in "The Papers of the People," a booklet promoting the Lewis Publishing Company, published in 1906.
	This photograph shows the Linotype machines in the Composing Room of the Lewis Publishing Company in the Woman's Magazine Building. The photograph appeared in "The Papers of the People," a booklet promoting the Lewis Publishing Company, published in 1906.
	This photograph was taken in one of the business offices of the Lewis Publishing Company. Stacks of cards on the tables suggest that this was either the Subscription Department or the Correspondence Department. The young ladies are all working on early Oliver typewriters.
	This photograph was taken on the second floor of the Woman's Magazine Building. Although the department was not identified, Lewis Publishing Company officers and executive departments were located on the second floor. Interior doors in all second floor offices enabled employees to move from office to office without going out into the main hall. These doors also helped to provide air circulation in these otherwise confined spaces.
	This photograph shows employees wrapping and packing what may have been a premium promotion for the Woman's Magazine or for the American Woman's League. The items were small trays with cream pitchers and sugar bowls. Work space was always tight, and these employees are working in the fifth floor banquet room of the Woman's Magazine Building.
	This photograph was taken in the banquet room on the fifth floor of the Woman's Magazine Building. Office space was at a premium and over the years many different departments used this room as work space. The department using the room in this photograph is not identified.
	This photograph shows the Composing Room for the Lewis Publishing Company in the Woman's Magazine Building. A similar photograph appeared in "The Papers of the People," a booklet promoting the Lewis Publishing Company, published in 1906.
	This photograph of workers in an unidentified department of the Lewis Publishing Company was taken on the second floor of the Woman's Magazine. Documents on the desk are certificates of some sort, so this may have been a department where investments in the many Lewis enterprises were handled.
	The Correspondence Department for the Lewis Publishing Company and the American Woman's League was responsible for opening the mail and routing it to the appropriate department for response. These employees are working with League and publishing company mail in an office on the main floor of the Woman's Magazine Building.
	This photograph was taken on the second floor of the Woman's Magazine Building. Although the department was not identified, Lewis Publishing Company officers and executive departments were located on the second floor. Space was at a premium and often several employees worked together in many of the offices.
	This photograph was taken in the banquet room on the fifth floor of the Woman's Magazine Building. Office space was at a premium and over the years many different departments used this room as work space. The department using the room in this photograph is not identified.
	This photograph was taken on February 10, 1904 in the Press Annex of the Woman's Magazine Building. The women appear to be filling mail bags, and this may be an early photograph of the department responsible for wrapping and mailing "The Woman's Magazine" and "The Woman's Farm Journal."
	This photograph shows the huge volume of daily outgoing mail for the Lewis Publishing Company. The mailing department was responsible for preparing the mail and delivering it to the Post Office. The young worker leaning against the mail bags may have been positioned there for this photograph to provide a reference to the height and width of the enormous pile of mail bags.
	The Goss printing press built especially for the Lewis Publishing Company to produce "The Woman's National Daily" cost $10,000 and was reported to be the largest and fastest press in the world. The press could print and fold 5,000 complete newspapers per minute. It stood 28 feet high and held 36 rolls of newsprint which weighed 1,500 pounds each. This photograph appeared the "The Woman's National Daily" on June 7, 1909, as part of a series called "Views of the Lewis Publishing Co.'s Great Plants in University City." It also appeared in "The Siege of University City" by Sidney Morse, published in 1912.
	The mailing department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located in the great hall and press room next to the printing press. Employees labeled the newspapers as they came off the press, and loaded them into mailbags. This photograph was probably taken in late 1906 or early 1907, and shows the interior of the Woman's National Daily Building still under construction. The columns and walls have not yet been painted in the Egyptian motif that would be one of its major attractions later.
	The mailing department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located in the great hall and press room next to the Goss printing press which could print and fold 5,000 complete newspapers per minute. Employees labeled the newspapers as they came off the press, and loaded them into mailbags. The room was flooded with light from the enormous skylight which was almost the length of the building. The walls and columns were decorated in a striking Egyptian motif. The one decorative element that is out of place is the traditional wall clock at the far end of the room.
	The printing department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located in the great hall and press room. The Goss printing press could print and fold 5,000 papers per minute. This apparatus at the end of printing press carried the completed papers from the end of the press down to conveyor belts on the press room floor. This photograph was probably taken in 1907, before the columns and walls in the press room had been painted in the striking Egyptian motif that would become a main attraction later.
	The composing department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located at one end of the great hall and press room of the Woman's National Daily Building. This photograph was probably taken in late 1906 or early 1907. Construction scaffolding is still in place on the right, and the columns and walls have not been painted in the Egyptian motif that would be a major attraction later.
	The Goss printing press built especially for the Lewis Publishing Company to produce "The Woman's National Daily" was reported to be the largest and fastest press in the world. The press could print and fold 5,000 complete newspapers per minute. It stood 28 feet high and held 36 rolls of newsprint which weighed 1,500 pounds each. This photograph shows a roll of newsprint being transported by the traveling crane which was used to lift each roll from storage on the lower level and load it into its place in the paper magazine on the press. One of the murals by artist Ralph Chesley Ott is visible behind the crane, along with the detail of the top of one of the columns. Ott reportedly went to Egypt to study the great temples before he designed the interior of the Woman's National Daily Building.
	The composing department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located at one end of the great hall and press room of the Woman's National Daily Building. Four of the department's linotype machines are on the right. This photograph was probably taken in late 1906 or early 1907. Construction scaffolding is still in place on the right, and the columns and walls have not been painted in the Egyptian motif that would be a major attraction later.
	The composing department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located at one end of the great hall and press room of the Woman's National Daily Building. Some of the department's linotype machines are at the rear. Operators using these machines cast the type. The lines of type were made up into pages in "forms" and sent to the stereotype room on the lower level of the building. This photograph was probably taken about 1908. The columns and walls have been painted in the striking Egyptian motif that was a major attraction in the building.
	The President's Office in the Woman's National Daily Building also served as the Directors' Room and the office for the managing editor of "The Woman's National Daily," George W. Stearns. Mr. Stearns is at the table facing forward. This room was on the upper level of the front pylon, and was decorated by artist Ralph Chesley Ott in the same striking Egyptian motif as the rest of the building. This motif was even carried through to the large stained glass skylight above the table. This photograph appeared in "The Woman's National Daily" on June 11, 1909 as part of a series called "Views of the Lewis Publishing Co.'s Great Plants in University City."
	The stereotyping department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located on the lower level of the Woman's National Daily Building. "Forms" prepared in the composing department were sent down to the stereotyping department where the metal cylinders for the presses were made. A Goss stereotype machine is on the left. It was reported that the process took ten minutes to finish and for the cylinders to be locked in place on the press.
	The stereotyping department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located on the lower level of the Woman's National Daily Building. "Forms" prepared in the composing department were sent down to the stereotyping department where the metal cylinders for the presses were made. In this photograph, department employees are working with the Goss stereotype machine. It was reported that the process took ten minutes to finish and for the cylinders to be locked in place on the press. This photograph appeared in "The American Woman's League and University City," a promotional magazine published by the Lewis Publishing Company in February 1908.
	The mailing department for "The Woman's National Daily" was located in the great hall and press room next to the printing press. This photograph was probably taken in late 1906 or early 1907, and shows the interior of the Woman's National Daily Building still under construction.
	The ladies in the Subscription Department of the Lewis Publishing Company were responsible for checking subscriptions. They received a penny a piece for each duplicate subscription card they found. A similar photograph of this same group of employees appeared in the June 1904 issue of the "Woman's Magazine."
	This photograph appeared in the June 1904 issue of the "Woman's Magazine," with the following caption: "Great Subscription Room where two million subscribers are looked after by 180 young ladies." These Lewis Publishing Company employees were responsible for maintaining the subscription records for the magazines. They received a penny a piece for each duplicate they found.
	This Mail Department of the Lewis Publishing Company was responsible for folding and mailing the daily outgoing correspondence. This photograph appeared in the June 1904 issue of the "Woman's Magazine."
	When the Woman's Magazine Building Press Annex was remodeled in 1908, a second floor was added, providing much needed office and work space for the Lewis Publishing Company. A major portion of the second floor was occupied by the Subscription Department.

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