Instead of working to become Lloyd's Euxesis' agent in America, he commissioned a chemist to develop a better shaving cream. Burma-Shave #1 was horrible stuff, and it wasn't until the 143rd ...

Burma Shave became the second-biggest shaving cream brand in America. About 7,000 signs eventually popped up in 44 of the 48 states. History doesn’t record exactly how many were in Florida, but ...

In 1958, shaving-cream manufacturer Burma-Shave announced in its signature rhyming style: Free — Free. A Trip. To Mars. For 900. Empty Jars. Burma-Shave.

Burma Shave developed one of the first formulas for brushless shaving cream, ... On this spot / In old times / They made shaving cream / And funny signs.

In the early years of motoring, the Burma-Vita Company found a novel way to advertise its brushless shaving cream. Burma-Shave advertising signs, with their humorous, serial jingles, were spaced far ...

Object Details maker Burma-Vita Company Description By the 1920s, commercial signs and billboards turned the roadside into an advertising medium. Allan Odell, sales manager of the family-owned ...

From the mid-1920s to 1963, signs for Burma-Shave shaving cream dotted the American countryside. Of uniform red and white, the signs usually came in series of five or six and were spaced evenly along ...