“Nederlander” is the name of an inhabitant of Nederland, Texas. The name “Nederlander” has been cited in print since at least 1925.
Wikipedia: Nederland, Texas
Nederland is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 17,547 at the 2010 census.
The city is adjacent to the Southeast Texas Regional Airport in Port Arthur, which serves the nearby cities of Beaumont and Port Arthur. It is part of the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Also referred to as the “Golden Triangle Area, due the triangular shape the bordering cities make.
8 June 1925, Port Arthur (TX) News, pg. 6, col. 6:
CUBS DEEATED
BY NEDERLAND
(...)
Errors were numerous on the part of both teams, the Cubs making 10 while the Nederlanders made five.
20 December 1931, Port Arthur (TX) News, pg. 10, col. 3:
JACKET CAGERS
ARE TO PLAY
AT NEDERLAND
(...)
Last week’s contest showed the superiority of the Jackets over the class B team from Nederland, but the Jackets will have a tussle on their hands to be able to down the Nederlanders on their own court.
14 October 1974, Port Arthur (TX) News, “Supper Table Talk” by John Ayres, pg. 5, col. 1:
Residents here are Port Arthurans, Beaumonters go by that tag and our Big H. neighbor’s folks are Houstonians—and the Nederland C. of C. officially designates its hometowners as Nederlanders.
8 June 1976, Dallas (TX) Morning News, pg. D3:
Tolbert’s Texas:
Cajuns, Nederlanders
feud over outhouse
By FRANK X. TOLBERT
(...)
“But apparently the Nederlanders, over the protest of their chamber of comerce president, Croppo LeBlanc, have removed the Cajun outhouse from the grounds and have hidden it some where.”
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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