Lamy's Diner, 1946

World War II veteran Clovis Lamy dreamed of owning a diner. After his discharge in October 1945, he ordered this 40-seat, 36- by 15-foot model from the Worcester Lunch Car Company, a premier New England diner builder. Lamy's diner was transported to Marlborough, Massachusetts, Lamy's home town, where it opened for business in April 1946. Local factory workers stopped in for lunch and those returning from a movie or show dropped in for dinner. Though Clovis Lamy enjoyed standing behind the counter talking to people, the work day was long and he seldom had time to eat with his family. Lamy moved the diner a year later, and then sold the business in 1949.