The Optimist's Creed Print (Mayflower Donuts Original Verse) 1939 Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) This charming late 1950s menu

This charming late 1950s menu features a dapper pair of owls

But in spite of her faults

was held from 1933 to 1934 to celebrate the city's centennial

Billingsley put his iconic logo on many items – on menus

The Optimist's Creed Print (Mayflower Donuts Original Verse) 1939 Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) This charming late 1950s menuThe Optimists Creed has been cheering up people for more than a hundred years and we are proud to play our part in keeping it in the public eye. This cheerful message was first published in the New York Sun newspaper in 1904. In 1929, a restaurant in Charleston, West Virginia, used the verse because it sold sinkers or donuts to customers in its coffee shop. In 1931 the verse was adopted by Adolph Levitt, an immigrant from Russia who invented the first