Mr. Lanham Revisited: Jan. 20, 1926

An order of hats arrives

Mr. Lanham reported that business at Lanham & Sons again was “only fair,” but he did receive a delivery of hats from the Baltimore manufacturer Armstrong, Cator & Company. The company has long gone out of business, but this is what a typical gentleman would be wearing in the winter of 1926, illustrated in a page taken from a Baltimore wholesaler’s catal…