The MacDowell Colony was founded in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1907, to nurture the arts by offering creative individuals a private and exclusive setting. This photo was taken in August 1927 with Lewis in a faux-folk smock. Also shown are: Powell Weaver, organist-composer (1890-1951); Hudson Strode, writer; Parker Fillmore, writer (1878-1944); E.A. Robinson, poet (1869-1935); Sidney C. Hurst, photographer; Kenneth Brown.
