[Ads-l] Possible antedating of Banana Split

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

a few months ago ADS found a cite from  September 28, 1905

https://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ads-l/2023-April/163346.html


Here's one that might be from Feb 1 1905.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Pharmaceutical_Era/jLzmAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22banana+split%22&dq=%22banana+split%22&printsec=frontcover


As always, it's hard to be sure from tiny Google snippets, but this seems to be the top
of the same page, as far as I can tell.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Pharmaceutical_Era/jLzmAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22banana+split%22+1905+97&dq=%22banana+split%22+1905+97&printsec=frontcover

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