Manhattan is not necessarily a place to buy a man’s hat, but a riddle has been cited since at least 2015:
Q: What’s the best place to buy a gentleman’s hat?
A: Manhattan.
“A man in a hat got a tan” is a similar Manhattan hat pun.
Wikipedia: Manhattan
Manhattan (/mænˈhætən, mən-/), often referred to locally as The City, is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, its cultural identifier, and its historical birthplace. The borough is coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York.
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Thursday Joke: Where’s the best place to buy a gentlemen’s cap?
Manhattan!
4:01 AM - 7 May 2015
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Where’s the best place to buy a gentleman’s hat? Manhattan. #BadJokeThursday
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Monday Joke: Where’s the best place to buy a gentleman’s hat? Manhattan! http://ow.ly/i/b8Sst
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Where’s the best place to buy a gentlemen’s cap?
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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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