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Photograph of W.C. Lewis Department Store from the collections of the Worthington Historical Society (WHS) may be used for educational purposes as long as it is not altered in any way and proper credit is given: "Courtesy of the Worthington Historical Society, Worthington, OH." Prior written permission of the WHS is required for any other use of Photograph of W.C. Lewis Department Store. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.
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Photograph of W.C. Lewis Department Store is a picture, with genre photograph and historic buildings. Its dimensions are 3.13 in. x 4 in..
It was created around 1897-1910.
Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor.
"W.C. Lewis Department Store" was located on the west side of High Street in a building that later became Kroger's in the 1920's and the "Nuts & Bolts" section of Worthington Hardware during the later 20th century. This building was constructed in 1890 by Frank Bishop who partnered with Worthington C. Lewis to open "Bishop & Lewis", dealers of general merchandise. At the turn of the century, the store employed up to a dozen employees working in various departments selling groceries, clothing, housewares and more. The name "Mary E. Minton" is written in the lower corner, referring to the step-daughter of W.C. Lewis, who kept many Lewis family documents and photographs throughout her lifetime.
It covers the topics shopping and retail stores.
It features the people Mary Ellen Houghton Minton (née Hutton), 1905-1998 and Worthington (Worthy) Columbus Lewis, 1859-1950.
It covers the city Worthington. It covers the area Old Worthington.
You can find the original at Worthington Historical Society.
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Historical Society identification code is 98-G-322. The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1111.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on September 25, 2020. It was last updated October 8, 2020.