Mr. Lanham Revisited: July 17, 1926

Their building on Broad Street is for sale

It was a Saturday. Mr. Lanham had gone to bed at midnight on Friday and was already at work at 6:30 a.m. He admitted to being sleepy, and the dull business day at Lanham & Sons didn’t improve things much, though he said sales were better than on the previous Saturday.

“Created some consternation by our efforts to sell our building,” he wrote. “Developmen…