Baby New Year Celebrates by J. C. Leyendecker, January 2, 1937
© 1937 SEPS. All Rights Reserved.

Song for New Year’s Day, 1949

A twelvemonth more and we’ll know the riddle
Of what the century had for its middle,
And whether we’re having a boom or a bump
As the Nineteen-hundreds slide “over the hump.”

The Saturday Evening Post, January 1, 1949

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  1. Frank James Davis
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 2:15 pm | Permalink

    Trumpets a better time than we’re apt to see in the near future.

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