Mr. Lanham Revisited: Dec. 6, 1926

He sees a movie at the sumptuous new Paramount Theatre

Mr. Lanham spent the morning “shopping for wheel toys” and winding up his negotiations with Borgefeldt’s for doll purchases for the Lanham & Sons store. “The snow lays in masses on the sidwalks and streets, but a warmer sun and the 10,000 street cleaners are trying to make walking possible,” he wrote. Indeed, the New York Times that day had stated as mu…