[Ads-l] Antedating of "Baby Boom" (Post-World War II)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Baby Boom (OED, 2., 1948)

1946 Iola (Kansas) Register 1 May 1 / 2 (Newspapers.com)

The baby boom is creating a demand for milk out of proportion to population increases that will be sustained for several years.

Fred Shapiro

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