Photograph of W.C. Lewis Department Store Interior

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Photograph of W.C. Lewis Department Store Interior 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 Interior. Contact WHS at info@worthingtonhistory.org to request permission.

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Photograph of W.C. Lewis Department Store Interior is a picture, with genre photograph. Its dimensions are 3.88 in. x 5.44 in..

It was created around 1890-1910.

Worthington Historical Society is the Contributor.

This image shows a display of parlor lamps on the second floor of the "W.C. Lewis Department Store". This retail establishment 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.

Parlor lamps began being made the 1880s, and became popular at the turn of the century. The lamps most often had smooth glass shades decorated with painted or transferred flowers. Some globes were patterned with images of animals. The lower globe, or "font" was often designed to match and hid the lamp's fuel.

It covers the topics retail stores and shopping.

It features the person Worthington (Worthy) Columbus Lewis, 1859-1950.

It covers the city 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-323.

The Worthington Memory identification code is whs1267.

This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on October 1, 2021. It was last updated October 14, 2021.