The Optimist's Creed Print (Mayflower Donuts Original Verse) 1939 Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) But in spite of her

But in spite of her faults

which opened in 1929

still operating as the Fairmont Olympic Hotel

The avant-garde enshrines innovative and exploratory art that is the singular vision of the artist

The Optimist's Creed Print (Mayflower Donuts Original Verse) 1939 Sizes:12x12 inch Archival Print (Unframed) But in spite of herThe 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