History of Big Apple

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First recorded usage: Edward S. Martin wrote, in his 1909 book The Wayfarer in New York, regarding New York, that the rest of the United States "inclines to think the big apple gets a disproportionate share of the national sap."

First recorded usage: Edward S. Martin, in his 1909 book The Wayfarer in New York, wrote (regarding New York) that the rest of the United States "inclines to think the big apple gets a disproportionate share of the national sap."

Used in the title of a column in the [New York Morning Telegraph]?, "Around the Big Apple with John J. Fitz Gerald," which first appeared in 1924

The term lost popularity in the 1950s, but was brought back into wide use after a 1970s promotional campaign by the New York Convention and Visitor’s Bureau.

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