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Huh, it looks like the author of that older map might not have realized that "Pennsylvania 6-5000" is about the telephone number of a hotel in New York City (wh

by schoen 7y ago

Huh, it looks like the author of that older map might not have realized that "Pennsylvania 6-5000" is about the telephone number of a hotel in New York City (whose telephone exchange was named after Pennsylvania Station, which was named after the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was named after the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_6-5000_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_6-5000_(song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEnnsylvania_6-5000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEnnsylvania_6-5000 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_Pennsylvania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(1910%E2%80%931963) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Station_(1910%E2%... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Railroad

tashi 7y ago
"Washington Bullets" isn't about Washington state either, which seems like a thing he'd be likely to know, so maybe he wasn't trying to be that strict.
- dfxm12 7y ago
  The map was designed to make money, not to be a historical record.
dsr_ 7y ago
I'm amused that in the blowup of New York State, Canajoharie is called out. I lived in upstate New York for about 15 years and would not have been able to identify the town -- until a few years ago when They Might Be Giants wrote a song with that title. http://tmbw.net/wiki/Canajoharie http://tmbw.net/wiki/Canajoharie
jen20 7y ago
This is also the reason the well known 1940 swing song of the same name recorded by the Glen Miller band - after the phone number of the Pennsylvania hotel on 8th Ave whose ballroom they regularly played.
dredmorbius 7y ago
And Wyoming, the state, is named for Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming

by schoen 7y ago

tashi 7y ago

"Washington Bullets" isn't about Washington state either, which seems like a thing he'd be likely to know, so maybe he wasn't trying to be that strict.

dfxm12 7y ago
The map was designed to make money, not to be a historical record.

dsr_ 7y ago

I'm amused that in the blowup of New York State, Canajoharie is called out. I lived in upstate New York for about 15 years and would not have been able to identify the town -- until a few years ago when They Might Be Giants wrote a song with that title. http://tmbw.net/wiki/Canajoharie http://tmbw.net/wiki/Canajoharie

jen20 7y ago

This is also the reason the well known 1940 swing song of the same name recorded by the Glen Miller band - after the phone number of the Pennsylvania hotel on 8th Ave whose ballroom they regularly played.

dredmorbius 7y ago

And Wyoming, the state, is named for Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming_Valley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming