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| Title | Ed Lewis |
| Photographer | Hostetler, J. B. |
| Studio Name/Location | Hostetler Studio, Davenport, Iowa |
| Date Original | 1913 |
| Description | Full length portrait of a little girl. She is standing outside on the grass and there are bushes behind her. She is wearing a light colored wedding costume and holding a flower basket with both hands. |
| Location Depicted | Davenport, Scott County, Iowa |
| Subject | Lewis, Ed
Lewis, Edward
Lewis, Kathryn
Girls
Wedding costume
Flowers
Lawns
Portrait photographs
Glass negatives
Davenport (Iowa)
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| Notes | The original negative envelope is labeled Ed Lewis. Based on information in the 1912 Davenport City Directory, Edward W. Lewis was president of E. W. Lewis Roofing Company and lived on 905 20th Street in Rock Island, Illinois. According to the 1910 Census, Edward and wife Margaret had a five year old daughter named Kathryn and a 9 month old son named Edward. According to the Davenport Democrat on June 4, 1913, Kathryn Lewis was one of the flower girls at the wedding of Edward's brother, Jerome Lewis and Mary Alethea Reiley. The wedding took place at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport and the flower girls wore "dainty white lingerie gowns over pink satin with, little caps and short veils of white, caught with pink satin rose buds". |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com |
| Image Number | X970a (Image 1 of 2) |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Hostetler Studio Collection |
| Object Description | 1 negative ; glass, b&w ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a glass negative scanned at 8-bit grayscale 600 ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2008-03-31 |
| File Name | dplx970a |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume99 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org; a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
