Mr. Lanham Revisited: April 7, 1926

Newlyweds give the crowd the slip

After playing volleyball at the Rome YMCA this evening, Mr. Lanham went home via the train depot to say good-bye to a friend. “Big crowd over there expecting to see Kelly —- and his bride off, but they had given the crowd the ‘slip,’” he wrote. The photo above, found on eBay, shows typical attire for a wedding couple of this time.

He came home and gave d…