Fading Ads of Detroit Detroit Red Wings and pharmaceuticals at the turn

and pharmaceuticals at the turn of the 20th century

Embroidered team name and logo on front

The book also highlights BIPOC-owned food products and kitchen gadgets to enhance Juneteenth celebrations

Sanders and Vernors

embroidered logos

Fading Ads of Detroit Detroit Red Wings and pharmaceuticals at the turnDetroit Free Press journalist Robert Allen sifts through these advertising fossils, exposing the gripping stories connected to the Motor City's historic rises, falls and eccentricities. Across Detroit, fleeting symbols of the past hide in plain sight, behind weeds and under veneers of paint. Demolishing a vacant building among empty storefronts on the west side uncovered the telltale gold and green of a Vernors Ginger Ale sign, preserved almost as