Vernors Ginger Ale 150th B-Day

[hemihampton]

NO, I was thinking of another book by Keith Wunderlich in 2008. I don't have the book or the one you mentioned. LEON.


P.S. This book mentions they are not so sure of the Aged 4 years story while he was off serving in the civil war.

 

[M.C.Glass]

I have Keith Wunderlich's Vernor's book, from Arcadia Publishing, with those sepia cover photos of historical subjects of every town in the US.
In it, he states that in a 1932 publication, Pharmaceutical Era, it says Vernor's Ginger Ale sales were $700 in 1870, and rose to $10,000 in 1872.
The 235 Woodward address was considered too far north of town to do brisk business, so JV was looking to draw customers in with the fountain and flower sales.

 

[M.C.Glass]

Have an 1870 Det. Directory page showing Vernor's Pharmacy at 235 Woodward.

 

[sunrunner]

Vernors the best Ginger ale on the market !

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

The following link is to the earliest docu-mented history of Vernor's Ginger Ale that I'm aware of ...

When it opens, scroll back to Page 140 where the article starts. Notice on Page 143 where it says ...

"He [James Vernor] came back to Detroit in 1866 and entered into the retail drug business in partnership with Charles L'Hommedieu, later buying the latter's interest and continuing until he embarked in the ginger ale business."

When you couple the link information with the attached newspaper snippet, where it indicates the Vernor/L'Hommedieu partnership was officially dissolved on December 7, 1868, it sounds to me that the earliest James Vernor could have ventured out on his own and relocated to 235 Woodward Avenue would have been in late 1868 or early 1869.

The Bulletin of Pharmacy - Detroit, Michigan

1919

Note: Of all the histories I've read about Vernor's, this one appears to be the most accurate, especially because it includes mention of Charles L'Hommedieu.

https://books.google.com/books?id=I...#v=onepage&q=Vernor's Ginger Ale 1866&f=false

Newspaper article - Detroit Free Press - December 11, 1868

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

P.S.

Especially notice in the 1919 history where it says in the first sentence ...

"Starting as a retail druggist, way back in 1868, James Vernor, Detroit, has built up a mammoth business on ginger ale"

1868

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

1866

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

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[iggyworf]

Stay safe Bob!

 

[andy volkerts]

Yeah Ditto here!!