BIRTHDAY BOYS JACK & BUGS
They were born 6 months apart (Jan-June in 1886 ) and were very old friends by the time this photo was taken on Arthur "Bugs" Baer's 55th Birthday in 1941. I would bet big bucks that it was Jack who arranged the singing telegram
The caption that went with it as it headed out across the news wires
HAPPY BAERTHDAY TO YOU _ _ _
NEW YORK ........ WHILE A MUSICAL MESSINGER YODLES A CONGRATULATORY SERANADE, ARTHUR "BUGS' BAER, NOTED HUMOR COLUMNIST , FORMS THE APPRECIATIVE AUDIENCE. THE SONG WAS SUNG AT HIM, FOR IT WAS HIS 55TH
BIRTHDAY , MARKED BY A PARTY FOR HIM AT THE STORK CLUB NY JAN 11 1941
An autograph to my Mom who was ten years old in 1929
Bugs was known for his humour columns and his carictures. Babe Ruth was one of his closest friends and Bugs wrote the script for Babe's bio movie. He also coined the term "Sultan Of Swat"
Bug's as drawn by James Montgomery Flagg another real old friend of Jack's
Flagg gave America the iconic Uncle Sam I Want You poster.
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