"If all is not lost, (then) where is it?” is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters, buttons and T-shirts. The saying has been cited in print since at least 1998 and is of unknown authorship.
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When Age Happens
Date Received: Wed, 1 Apr 1998
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If all is not lost, where is it
Rosanna Martella
January 28, 1999
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PONDERINGS forwarded by our dear friend,
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If all is not lost, where is it?
23 March 1999, Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), “Spotlite”:
If all is not lost, where is it?
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Yada, Yada, Yada.Com.Org.Edu.Gov.Email:
What I Learned on the Www/Internet
By Joan E. Miller
Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, Inc.
2000
Pg. 43:
6. If all is not lost, where is it?
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The Almost Wet Your Pants Book of Humor
By R. Bruce Baum
Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse
2010
Pg. 2:
If all is not lost, where is it?
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Senility Sayings
Posted by Writing Staff on December 20, 2011 4:47 PM
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If all is not lost, where is it?
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.
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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