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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 ...

BUENA VISTA TWP. — Bill Wright has a light-hearted vision to increase business traffic in Buena Vista that plays off the old highway sign theme of Burma-Shave. The former Saginaw County planning ...

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 ...

In a recent article about my enjoyment of figs at my Georgia Grandmother’s at my home in Laurens County and here, I mentioned the long, slow auto trip to South Georgia and the Burma Shave signs which ...

If you were born in the 1940s or earlier as I was, you likely remember the Burma-Shave road signs. Before the Thruway we always took Route 9W to Albany. Just north of the Hamlet of Hannacroix on the ...

“Who has to go now?” rasped Peter Mathews as he eased up on the gas. But this time he was wrong. As he slowed down, the youngsters chanted the legend on the ...

You know how life sometimes shows you billboards? Last week I got a Burma-Shave sign. In the middle of the last century, Burma-Shave’s marketing strategy involved placing small signs along roadways ...

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 ...