Step Back In Time With This Vintage Vernors Memorabilia

One of my favorite things about Michigan is that it is home to the greatest pop ever invented.

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I'm talking about Vernors, the liquid elixir that every Michigander drinks when they're feeling under the weather or when they're chowing down on some Coney dogs with chili cheese fries.

⬇️ Step Back In Time With This Vintage Vernors Memorabilia  ⬇️

According to the Detroit Historical Society, James Vernor was a junior clerk at Higby and Sterns’ Drug Store in Detroit when he enlisted in the 4th Michigan Cavalry and was called to fight in the Civil War.

At the time (according to company lore), he was experimenting with a stomach calming tonic of vanilla, spices and ginger, which he left behind in an oak cask.

When Vernor returned four years later, he found that his elixir had transformed into a zesty, sweet, gingery drink complimented by the wood’s aging process.

Soon after, Vernor opened his own pharmacy on Woodward Avenue, and its soda fountain became the first – and only! – place in the world to buy Vernor’s ginger ale in 1866

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Let's step back in time and check out this vintage Vernors memorabilia