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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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@sophblack Great Burma Shave slogans from the 50s here: http://tinyurl.com/b2mu8
jmjeffrey (James Jeffrey) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:55:35 -0000
@sophblack Great Burma Shave slogans from the 50s here: http://tinyurl.com/b2mu8
@sophblack In the past / Before correctness / Those wacky admen / Used directness / Burma-Shave
sexenheimer (Cam Smith) Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:45:56 -0000
@sophblack In the past / Before correctness / Those wacky admen / Used directness / Burma-Shave
Substitutes Resemble Tail-chasing pup Follow and follow But never catch up Burma-Shave (1941)
rantingrobot (The Ranting Robot) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:00:02 -0000
Substitutes Resemble Tail-chasing pup Follow and follow But never catch up Burma-Shave (1941)
These guys would have advertised well on Twitter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave
jasonlangenauer (Jason Langenauer) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:58:19 -0000
These guys would have advertised well on Twitter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burma-Shave
It occurs to me that tweets are equivalent to Burma Shave signs.
hulles (Mark Hull) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:54:45 -0000
It occurs to me that tweets are equivalent to Burma Shave signs.
Is this like an old Burma Shave campaign out on the Internet?
timelyman (timelyman) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:41:23 -0000
Is this like an old Burma Shave campaign out on the Internet?
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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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