Talk:William Mather Lewis

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Semmendinger in topic Possible Commons images

Possible Commons images

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I contribute mainly at Wikimedia Commons to identify and categorise subjects of media files. Recent categorisation of aviation-related images from Library of Congress (LOC) Library led me to images quoting "Thomas R Shipp", some of which also quote "Wm M. Lewis" (or truncated name), eg this one from 1923? : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thos._R._Shipp,_Wm._M._Le(...)_LOC_npcc.09753.jpg

This might be a suitable source for William Mather Lewis if anyone can help ID him as one of the men in any of the relevant LOC images. I base this candidacy on the image time frames, and suggestions of academic and public notoriety. Also, the connections with Coolidge and Taft might be significant. There are other candidate images at Commons, if we search for "Wm. M. Lewis".PeterWD (talk) 11:30, 10 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

PS Images and other refs via Google appear to confirm that the Commons images are indeed William Mather Lewis, so I'll go ahead and put them into a new category of that name. I'll leave it to others to choose suitable ones for inclusions in this article. PeterWD (talk) 11:43, 10 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
@PeterWD: great find! I added one photo. --Engineerchange (talk) 13:01, 10 January 2022 (UTC)Reply
@PeterWD: Awesome job! Been tough trying to find a picture of him - but that's definitely our guy. SEMMENDINGER (talk) 15:57, 10 January 2022 (UTC)Reply