Bachmann's Mysteries, Part 2: Finding Floyd Ames
Part of the mystery of Floyd Ames, the Bachmann's brick signer, has been solved. In 1908 he autographed and dated one of our exterior...
Bachmann's Mysteries, Part One
It's amazing how you can look at something a thousand times without noticing the details. All it takes is someone to point it out, and...
The problem with old pictures
Oh, how I love looking at old pictures of Bachmann's Store! I found this little beauty in a cigar box tucked in the back of our old...
The Heart of Central Lake
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, and today our Michigan temperature is eight degrees below zero. To thaw my mind, I started thinking about...
How to keep monkeys from taking your coffee cups
Bachmann's Store prides itself in being the place where you can find exactly what you need, especially after you've looked around the...
"Hey, was the Bachmann's building once a bank?"
Oh, if I had a dime for every time I hear that question...I would keep them all in my bank vault! Yes, half of Bachmann's Store was a...