"Big Apple" on NYPL; American Periodical Series Online

Mon May 3 22:08:26 UTC 2004

"BIG APPLE" ON NYPL

   I called the New York Public Library today, as I said I would per our correspondence.  I was told the web site was changed.  Previously, it had told people that "the Big Apple" comes from whores.
   Here it is the changed site:

http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/links/index.cfm?Trg=1&d1=922&d3=FAQs%20%26%20Trivia
 Why is New York City called the Big Apple?
http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/faq.html#apple
Alternate explanations from Barry Popik, Peter Salwen, and the Gotham Center for New York City History.

   The explanation from "me" is the STRAIGHT DOPE article.  (Sam Clements, are you still there?)  The Gotham Center explanation is from Gerald Cohen's 1991 book, which didn't have my work.  And the whore explanation--an admitted hoax--is still there, sharing the spotlight.  It's as if you gave equal time to the holocaust and the holocaust deniers, or equal time to pyramid scientists and Erich von Daniken.
   My plane should have crashed.

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AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES ONLINE

   PUCK is all here?
   Here are the first 10 of 12 hits for "puck" and "slang."

   1. SLANG IN THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Mar 1877. Vol. 1, Iss. 3; p. 6 (1 page)

   2. TWEED'S TRUE CONFESSION.
J H W. Puck (1877-1918). New York: May 1877. Vol. 1, Iss. 8; p. 3 (1 page)

   3. CAMBRIDGE CADS.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Jan 2, 1878. Vol. 2, Iss. 43; p. 3 (1 page)

   4. DESDEMONA.; KILLED: WOUNDED: MORAL
ERNEST HARVIER. Puck (1877-1918). New York: May 8, 1878. Vol. 3, Iss. 61; p. 6 (1 page)

   5. NEWS AND NOTES.; THE WORKS OF THE LATE ELIHU BURRITT.
a Monthly Review of Current Literature (1870-1904). Mar 29, 1879. Vol. 10, Iss. 7; p. 109 (2 pages)

   6. OUTDOOR PASTIMES FOR WOMEN
E PAULINE JOHNSON. Outing, an Illustrated Monthly Magazine of Recreation (1885-1906). New York: Mar 1893. Vol. 21, Iss. 6; p. 125 (1 page)

   7. APPLIED SLANG.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Jan 14, 1903. Vol. 52, Iss. 1350; p. 0_14 (1 page)

   8. JUNGLE SLANG.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Sep 14, 1904. Vol. 56, Iss. 1437; p. 0_10 (1 page)

   9. VERY APPROPRIATE SLANG.
GALAWAY. Puck (1877-1918). New York: Oct 19, 1910. Vol. 68, Iss. 1755; p. 0_10 (1 page)

   10. SLANG TO-DAY IS LANGUAGE TO-MORROW.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Apr 26, 1911. Vol. 69, Iss. 1782; p. 0_10 (1 page)

   No mention of "Puck" and "slang" between 1878 and 1903?
   Let's try "Puck" and "Chicago."  Incredibly, there's not a single hit between 1878 and 1901:

   1. Puckerings.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Apr 1877. Vol. 1, Iss. 4; p. 2 (1 page)

   2. MY ADVENTURES IN THE STRIKE REGION.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Aug 1, 1877. Vol. 1, Iss. 21; p. 3 (1 page)

   3. PUCK'S CARTOONS.; THE RAILROAD TO RUIN.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Aug 1, 1877. Vol. 1, Iss. 21; p. 2 (1 page)

   4. THE LATTER-DAY STYLE OF BANK (IN CHICAGO AND ELSEWHERE).
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Sep 12, 1877. Vol. 2, Iss. 27; p. 16 (1 page)

   5. Article 3 -- No Title
Chicago Tribune. Puck (1877-1918). New York: Nov 28, 1877. Vol. 2, Iss. 38; p. 10 (1 page)

   6. CITY DEBT LIQUIDATION.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Jan 2, 1878. Vol. 2, Iss. 43; p. 10 (1 page)

   7. HOPE.
Chicago Tribune. Puck (1877-1918). New York: Feb 13, 1878. Vol. 2, Iss. 49; p. 14 (1 page)

   8. THE CHICAGO PRECEDENT.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Apr 24, 1878. Vol. 3, Iss. 59; p. 2 (1 page)

   9. THE GIRL WITH THE AUTOGRAPH ALBUM.
Puck (1877-1918). New York: Jun 12, 1878. Vol. 3, Iss. 66; p. 3 (1 page)

   10. THE GERMAN ELEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
E V SMALLEY. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science (1871-1885). Philadelphia: Apr 1883. Vol. 5; p. 355 (9 pages)

   11. Review 3 -- No Title
Magazine of Western History (1884-1891). New York: Apr 1888. Vol. 7, Iss. 6; p. 711 (2 pages)

   12. Article 16 -- No Title
Current Literature (1888-1912). New York: Dec 1888. Vol. Vol. I,, Iss. No.6; p. 476 (1 page)

   13. SHOOTING CLUBS OF CHICAGO.; XII.--THE LAKE GEORGE, WATER VALLEY AND OTHER CLUBS
A Journal of Outdoor Life, Travel, Nature Study, Shooting, Fishing, Yachting (1873-1930). Mar 28, 1889. Vol. VOL. XXXII., Iss. No. 10.; p. 192 (2 pages)

   14. GOSSIP OF AUTHORS AND BOOKS
Current Literature (1888-1912). New York: Apr 1892. Vol. VOL. IX, Iss. NO.4; p. 625 (16 pages)

   15. ART NEWS AND NOTES.; THE WORLD'S FAIR BUILDINGS.
A Monthly Journal Devoted to Art in the Household (1879-1903). Nov 1892. Vol. 27, Iss. 6; p. 164 (1 page)

   16. FICTION.; Bayou Folk.
a Monthly Review of Current Literature (1870-1904). Apr 21, 1894. Vol. 25, Iss. 8; p. 121 (3 pages)

   17. Table of Contents 1 -- No Title
Current Literature (1888-1912). New York: May 1894. Vol. Volume XV, Iss. Number 5; p. 0_003 (1 page)

   18. G. A. H. Entries.
A Journal of Outdoor Life, Travel, Nature Study, Shooting, Fishing, Yachting (1873-1930). Apr 15, 1899. Vol. VOL. LII., Iss. No. 15.; p. 300 (1 page)

   19. WESTERN TRAPS.; Eureka First Annual.
DR. J. W. MEEK, Sec'y.. A Journal of Outdoor Life, Travel, Nature Study, Shooting, Fishing, Yachting (1873-1930). Sep 2, 1899. Vol. VOL. LIII, Iss. No. 10.; p. 199 (1 page)

   20. COLEEGE OF AUTO DOCTORS.; (Formerly the Chicago Veterinary College.) SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT, 1960.
Edwin L Sabin. Puck (1877-1918). New York: Feb 13, 1901. Vol. 49, Iss. 1249; p. 0_11 (1 page)

   When you look at the publication, you see this:

Mar 13, 1901; Vol.49, Iss.1253
Mar 6, 1901; Vol.49, Iss.1252
Feb 27, 1901; Vol.49, Iss.1251
Feb 20, 1901; Vol.49, Iss.1250
Feb 13, 1901; Vol.49, Iss.1249
Sep 4, 1878; Vol.3, Iss.78
Aug 28, 1878; Vol.3, Iss.77
Aug 21, 1878; Vol.3, Iss.76
Aug 14, 1878; Vol.3, Iss.75
Aug 7, 1878; Vol.3, Iss.74
Jul 31, 1878; Vol.3, Iss.73
Jul 24, 1878; Vol.3, Iss.72

   HOW ON EARTH IS _PUCK_ COMPLETE?