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Burma-Shave is a United States brand of brushless shaving cream introduced by the American Safety Razor Company in the 1920s, famous for its clever advertising gimmick of posting limericks on sequential highway billboard signs.
Roadside billboards
Burma-Shave sign series appeared from 1925 to 1963 in all of the lower 48 states except for New Mexico, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Nevada. Four or five consecutive billboards would line highways, so they could be read sequentially by motorists driving by.
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is sad that Maine didn't become a Free State. Brook is coming over to help outline in detail the 1 remaining difficult chapter. Burma-Shave!
DougDroogSharp (Doug Sharp) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:46:47 -0000
is sad that Maine didn't become a Free State. Brook is coming over to help outline in detail the 1 remaining difficult chapter. Burma-Shave!
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arvindsays (arvindsays) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:42:35 -0000
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He married Grace With scratchy face He only Got one day Of Grace! Burma-Shave (1940)
rantingrobot (The Ranting Robot) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:00:02 -0000
He married Grace With scratchy face He only Got one day Of Grace! Burma-Shave (1940)
Los Angeles Food: Where to take my family in Pasadena?: Burma-Shave. EDIT: I posted before yo.. http://bit.ly/I7SXW
LA_Restaurants (LA Restaurants) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:33:13 -0000
Los Angeles Food: Where to take my family in Pasadena?: Burma-Shave. EDIT: I posted before yo.. http://bit.ly/I7SXW
I can try / If I please / To always say / Things like these / Burma-Shave
wizzoh (Charlie Hartman) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:03:12 -0000
I can try / If I please / To always say / Things like these / Burma-Shave
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skweeds (Amanda Kruel) Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:03:05 -0000
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Jerry's Meets Burma Shave - Afficianado patterns mock advertisements after the classic roadside signs of yesteryear using animated GIFs.
Burma Shave Contest - An internet competition for composing original jingles.
Burma-Shave Coins - Elongated currency imprinted with various jingles.
Burma-Shave sign sightings - Photographs of signs found in Wisconsin and Iowa.
Burma-Shave.org - Complete collection of original jingles. Also includes the Burma-Shave daily mailing list.
Catch the New Wave of Burma-Shave! - A nostalgic look at the story and verses.
Meta Description: [ An entertaining site about the story and verses of Burma-Shave signs. With Java animation and a Midi Jukebox. ]
Eisner Museum: Burma-Shave - Online exhibit at the Eisner Museum of Advertising and Design. Includes historic photographs.
The Burma Shave Phenomenon - Brief history and links to other sites.
Meta Description: [ The Burma Shave Phenomenon was a symbol of America during the early 20th century. ]
The Burma-Shave Legend - The story and signs, presented by the Iowa Lincoln Highway Association.
Two-Lane Roads remembers Burma-Shave signs - Historical overview of the company.
Meta Description: [ Two Lane Roads quarterly newspaper. Burma-Shave page recalls simpler days,
when Burma Shave signs, See Rock City barns and steel diners lined our highways.
Editor Loren Eyrich enjoys the RV lifestyle in a tiny motorhome avoiding turnpikes and
freeways. ]
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Virtual Burma-Shave Ads - Randomly displays archived Burma-Shave ads.
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