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Hedgehog Needlepoint – Detroit 2.0 Retro Travel Tag

$80.00

(HH1-DTW),  3″ x 5″, 18 mesh

This canvas is stitch printed in the US

What does it all mean:

M & Musical Note, D- Detroit, the birthplace of Motown records and some of the incredible artists they represented: Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross & the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas are but a few who made Motown a musical fixture.         M. Detroit was the last stop on the Underground Railroad during the Civil War.  Slaves heading to Canada called Detroit “midnight”. M.also for Motor City which is synonymous with the auto industry   P- Detroit la the Potato Chip Capital – local consume 7lbs of chips each per year.                                     313 is the Detroit Area Code. Stoplight -1922 the first 4 way stoplight in the country P- Mr. Traffic aka Police Officer Wilion Potts, won the first to incorporate yellow in the stoplight.
NA – the chemical obbreviatisn for Salt/Sadium. Why? There are Salt Mines under Detroit.D- the Coney Dog, a hotdog topped with chili, onions and mustard started in Detroit. P- Detroit Pistons
Bowling Pin – Detroit has more registered bowlers than any other city in the country
P- for Detroit Pistons. Blue for the two lakes, Lake St. Clare and Lake Erie which sit one either side of Detroit.  Tire tracks represert the Detroit Auto Industry. And, last but not least…A- Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul Goddess of Song and Motown legend.

 

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