Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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City of Flour and Sawdust (Minneapolis nickname)
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Origin of “Wolverine” (Michigan nickname)
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Origin of “Buckeye” (Ohio nickname)
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Snowzilla (snow + Godzilla)
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Albany: Sturgeondom (nickname)
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New Hampshire: Granite State (nickname)
South Carolina: Weasel (nickname)
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Rhode Island: Gun Flint (nickname)
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Mississippi: Tadpole (nickname)
Georgia: Buzzard (nickname)
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Colorado: Rover (nickname)
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Beauty Contest (non-binding primary)
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