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April 30, 2021
The Big Apple1940s-1950s: Assorted Big Apple citations

Big Apple Shine Parlor (Harlem, 1942)

Manhattan telephone directories are partially available through Ancestry.com (a pay service) and Archive.org. "Big Apple Shine Parlor 2306 7Av AU dubn 3-8985" was entered in the 1942…

April 24, 2021
The Big Apple1940s-1950s: Assorted Big Apple citations

Bill Johnson’s Big Apple (Arizona restaurants, 1956-2015)

Bill Johnson's Big Apple bar-b-que restaurant opened at 3757 East Van Buren in Phoenix, Arizona in December 1956. The "Big Apple" name supposedly came from 1937's Big Apple…

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