Mr. Lanham Revisited: Feb. 27, 1926

Julia Anne dresses herself

Business was “fair only” at the Lanham & Sons department store in downtown Rome, but Mr. Lanham found pleasure as usual at his home: “Full moon lovely over the garden,” he wrote. The big event, however, was his five-year-old daughter’s latest accomplishment. “Julia Anne dressed herself this morning for first time — everything but tying her shoes.”

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