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While the employees of the Lamy’s of old didn’t dine out for lunch, they did lunch. Based on what we know of history, the working class ate even their breakfast a few hours after arriving at their workplace. Usually no more than a piece of bread and served with tea or coffee if one could…

Have you ever stopped to think about the history of holidays? Have you considered that Christmas wasn’t always celebrated? It may come as a shock to you that the holiday we celebrate as Christmas is not much older than the building we reside in! The creation of American Christmas was actually a response to social…

The Occupational and Safety Health Association (or as most of us refer to it: OSHA) wasn’t invented until April of 1971. However, that doesn’t mean that safety wasn’t a factor in all they did here at Lamy’s. Cutting the denim for jeans was a tough job, and oftentimes could be dangerous. It took a strong…

Do you remember the days when you got in your car, made your commute to the office, figured out you were running so late but didn’t fret because you had a premium parking spot just waiting for you? Those were the good ol’ days, are we right? That is exactly how the supervisors at Lamy’s…

While many workers in the late 1800s and the early 1900s spent an entire day tending a machine in a large, crowded, noisy room, others worked in coal mines, steel mills, railroads, slaughterhouses, and in other occupations. This wasn’t the case, however for the employees at Lamy’s Manufacturing. With the 8 hour workday established in the…

The history of the electric iron dates back to the 1880s, but like most modern inventions, its roots can go back to ancient history. Circa 400 B.C. the Greeks used heated round bars and used it to produce pleats on their robes. The Romans used irons more similar to the style we know today. The…

We’re sitting here in Josey Record by the ambiance of a fire with a book in one hand and a Pineapple Jarritos in the other. It’s a simple moment, but when the eyes start to look around, little bits and pieces of the stories that these walls could tell (should they start talking) start to…

The Missouri railroad revolutionized travel. The cross-state route followed by the modern Amtrak passenger and Union Pacific freight trains sent the first commercial passenger, freight, and mail trains through from St. Louis to Kansas City 156 years ago this week. Travel by railroad changed Missouri and America, for that matter. Still to this day, travel…

When we sat down and thought about the remodel of this special Lamy building, we knew we wanted to have a place for some kick-ass apartments. The nine industrial-styled loft apartments now traverse the space that was originally used to cut rolls of denim into shape. There are eight 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom units with…

The history of the education system can be traced back to 2000 BC when the Xia dynasty created government-built schools to educate the aristocrats about ancient Chinese rituals, literature, and even archery. It’s hard to imagine the students of the current 2000’s learning archery as the main subject! What hasn’t changed since the beginning is…