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As far as history is concerned, the method of recording and production can be traced back to the 1870s with Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph. While the recordings were barely audible, they were still there and it was a start that changed the world forever. In the early 1900s, records entered the music scene…

What’s in a name? Well, sometimes everything. No.5 Bistro and Bar wasn’t some name we dreamt up overnight. No, its ties are strong inside Lamy’s and date back to right after World War 2 when Lamy’s became a Levi’s factory. We must go back in history a little bit for this one. Back before lot…

What is it about a rainbow that people just love? Is it the promise of a better day? A brighter future? Knowing that there’s something greater out there? Rainbows stand for all of this and more to our Lamy’s family. Afterall, it’s one of the very first brands we started manufacturing within these walls. Established…

While the rise to fame of Levi’s jeans grew over the course of several decades, one infamous ad had the power to change the denim industry forever. All it took? A 15-year-old Brooke Shields. In 1980, Calvin Klein changed the denim industry forever. Brooke Shields (a then-rising star) appeared wearing a pair of CK’s in…

Picture it. It’s the 1930’s/1940s and the Stafford’s (current owner’s grandfather and great grandfather) are headed to Colorado. It’s a vacation for the family and it takes them over a week to get to their destination. Once they arrive, Grandfather Stafford encounters a brand unknown to anyone in the Midwest. This western regional brand has…

The sewing industry is a unique one and I recommend that if given the opportunity to chat with someone whose family history is tied to it, you take it. One not-so-secret secret is that sewing machines follow cheap labor. It’s an intense job and prior to machines being what they are now, a large part…

The very first Missouri State Fair was held in 1901. After many bids from Centralia, Chillicothe, Marshall, Mexico, Moberly, and Sedalia– Sedalia, MO won the majority vote and thus our long history of an agriculturally rich fair began. Fast forward a few years to 1917 and you find yourself inside the picture below. Look closely…

You’ve learned where the name Lamy’s came from. What you may not know is that every part of our building, the shops, and menu items are named after the past that still lingers in these old walls. The Ox Horn was a brand, owned by Lamy’s and created by men and women on the 2nd…

Step into Lamy’s sometime this week and ask to see our special wood. Yeah, it may seem an odd request, but we think once you see the magnitude of the one remaining beam left in the floor of the Ox Horn Market, you’ll understand why we like to show it off. These beams had one…