The Big Apple: “Inflation: Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from March 16, 2021

“Inflation: Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money”

"Inflation: Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money” is a saying that has been printed on an image. The image shows a tiny dollar in the palm of someone’s hand.

“Inflation Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money” was posted on Twitter by Mary Kay Evans on September 5, 2011. “Easiest Way to Steal Your Wealth is by Cheapening Your Money-Inflation Demotivator® - The Original Demotivational Posters via @despairinc” was posted on Twitter by Kelly Cunningham on October 27, 2011. “Inflation: Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money. #Demotivators http://despair.com/inflation.html” was posted on Twitter by Brian Guy on December 13, 2011. The saying originated on the Demotivator image.

Twitter
Mary Kay Evans
@CarePathways
Inflation
Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money.
11:33 AM · Sep 5, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Nicolas Mc Guire
@nmguire
Inflation: the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money.
8:20 PM · Sep 22, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Kelly Cunningham
@KellyCnnghm
Easiest Way to Steal Your Wealth is by Cheapening Your Money-Inflation Demotivator® - The Original Demotivational Posters via @despairinc
9:30 PM · Oct 27, 2011·Twitter for Websites

Twitter
Brian Guy
@ItsThatBriGuy
Inflation: Because the easiest way to steal your wealth is by cheapening your money. #Demotivators http://despair.com/inflation.html
10:06 AM · Dec 13, 2011·Twitter Web Client

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ProLiberty
October 16, 2012 at 5:09 PM ·
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
INFLATION
BECAUSE THE EASIEST WAY TO STEAL YOUR WEALTH IS BY CHEAPENING YOUR MONEY

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conspiracybot
@conspiracyb0t
INFLATION
BECAUSE THE EASIEST WAY TO STEAL YOUR WEALTH IS BY CHEAPENING YOUR MONEY
5:00 AM · Mar 16, 2021·conspiracyb0t

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