People still love Burma Shave signs. Neighbors recently carried a story on the rhyming signs which promoted safe driving, or just a good laugh, while pushing Burma Shave shaving cream. They lined ...

A Pan-American flight attendant adjusts the “space helmet” atop Arliss French's head for a trip that he won in 1958. (Pan-American Airways) (Pan-American Airways) Perspective by John Kelly A few weeks ...

Quote of the day: "The old-fashioned gal darned her husband's socks; the modern gal socks her darned husband!" Burma-Shave was an American brand of brushless shaving cream, famous for its advertising ...

Travel on U.S. highways between 1926 and 1963 revealed a common element guaranteed to create comments. A set of six red and white signs alongside the road displayed a catchy, humorous rhyme that ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the early years of motoring, the ...