“I’m from Texas. What country are you from?” has appeared on bumper stickers since the 1990s. Texas used to be a country; some people believe it still is.
StickerZombie.com
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Google Books
Government and Politics in the Lone Star State: Theory and Practice
by L. Tucker Gibson and Clay Robison
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall PTR
1993
Pg. 1:
I’m from Texas. What country ar you from?
Bumper stickers seen on cars in San Antonio
Dave Barry’s Blog
I used to have a friend from Texas - when he met new people, he always said “I’m from Texas - what country are you from?”
Posted by: TCK | 08:35 AM on July 8, 2005
The Law School Transplant
Friday, November 17, 2006
(...)
Not four hours after I received news of my impending doom trip to Texas, I saw an SUV with a Texas plate on it. And if that wasn’t enough, it had a Texas flag sticker in the window. And if a person was dull enough not to realize the driver was, in fact, from Texas, it had a bumper sticker that read, “I’m from Texas. What country are you from?”
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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