February 08, 2004
A better beverage
Drink TRU-Ade
Pasteurized
Not carbonated
On the bottle: Vacuum Sealed
Jefferson and East Clay
The building is a shell right now. On close inspection, you'll find that it's not brick. It's actually a frame structure covered with pressed tin shingles stamped with a brick pattern. The damage on the sign is from where the tin is rusting out.
A little Googling reveals that Tru-Ade dates back to the 1950s and came in orange flavor. It was also advertised as "Cold, juicy, delicious" and "Sun-bright Fun-right". [Edited to add: A reader tells me that it also came in grape.]
The man gave me my Valentine's Day gift early: a new, wonderful digital camera with four glorious megapixels. My collection of ghost sign pictures is growing at an exponential rate as we become even more hyperaware of them.
136 words | February 8, 2004 08:27 PM | Ghost signsI have a question to the building "Nebe � s Inn"
Where exactly did this building stand?
In which town, in which street?
I look forward to your answer.
Dieter Nebe
The Nebe's Inn building is at the corner of Jefferson and East Clay Streets in Richmond, Virginia. It was once a little restaurant. It still stands today, but it is an empty shell. Now the signs on the outside are rusted away and can barely be read.
Posted by: 100 word minimum at April 30, 2008 06:32 AMTru-Ade also added grape flavor to its line up, although it started with orange. I was drinking Tru-Ade at my grandfather's at 418 N. Mulberry St. in the 1940's.
Posted by: Dale Robinson at November 5, 2008 11:54 PMi have a bottle here of TruAde i was just checking if its worth anything
I have no idea.
Posted by: 100 word minimum at September 18, 2009 04:12 PMi found a old metal sign on the bottom it has 10-51 on it,is that the year is it worth anything
Posted by: davidgoose at December 26, 2009 03:40 AM