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Title: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: Pat Pixley on July 19, 2009, 10:10:40 pm Today Johnie G & his son & myself got to meet Mr. Vernor's Keith Wunderlich also runs
the Vernor's club Keith needed a Vendolater 56 compressor worked on so JohnieG was the man for this. Keith has a collection of Vernor's stuff that was just awsome I snapped off a few pictures and this is only a small part of his collection . Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: Pat Pixley on July 19, 2009, 10:13:52 pm And more
Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: Seven181 on July 19, 2009, 10:14:39 pm Very cool! Growing up in Detroit, I love the taste of Vernors! Too bad they tore down the old plant downtown long long ago. Would have loved to have seen that place!
Brian Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: Pat Pixley on July 19, 2009, 10:15:40 pm and more
Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: Pat Pixley on July 19, 2009, 10:19:50 pm And a few more pictures, And a note: why is it that everybody in the state of Michigan has a
Faygo transition machine except me :Oo:, and a picture of Keith He also put out a book It would be under Images Of America it's Vernor's Ginger Ale the web site is www.arcadiapublishing.com and it was a good book to read. And Keith was a great guy to meet . :smile: Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: collecture on July 19, 2009, 11:00:59 pm Very cool! Nice to see an uncommon collection like that!
Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: dr galaga on July 20, 2009, 08:14:37 am Wow, what a collection. Thanks for the pics. :happydrinkers:
Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: mznb1u on July 21, 2009, 10:59:53 pm :happydrinkers: Great stuff, Pat! :happydrinkers:
My grandfather and my father were pharmacists and our drug store had a full soda fountain. Sadly, :down: the fountain had to be closed down when the refrigeration system failed because my grandfather could not afford to upgrade to a freon system. I never got to enjoy a Boston Cooler there but the full fountain was still intact up until we sold the store in 1977. Both my father and grandfather liked to tell the Vernor's story because James Vernor was a Registered Pharmacist. Vernors, Faygo, Sander's Hot Fudge, Stroh's Ice Cream are all fond memories :smile: of my childhood! For many years as a child, I remember sitting on the curb on Woodward Avenue just across the street from the Vernor's Plant for the J.L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day Parade. That big Vernor's sign on the plant was awesome! Vernors is definitely a "one of a kind soft-drink!" :drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: Meeting Mr. Vernor's Post by: SIGNGUY on July 22, 2009, 08:49:09 am Very Cool, some great old signs... nice to see an off brand like that with soo much advertising...! :smile:
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