Prompted perhaps by the news last week of Lakewood Township's crackdown on roadside signs, Gilbert's Joseph Legueri got to reminiscing about Burma-Shave, the brushless shaving cream introduced in 1923 ...

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 ...

Nearly a decade ago Chatfield writer Marion Lund did an article on Burma Shave signs, a feature we grew up with along busy highways. Her facts were, in part, from my friend the late Harvey Bernard, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRITT - "If you pass, on the yellow line, the funeral will be yours, not mine." The catchy jingle’s message stands out on its bright red signs along old Highway 18 just west of Britt, catching the ...

Once upon a time, there was a wildly popular communication system where one group of people sent short messages to anyone interested in reading them. In roughly 12 to 17 words, this text system was ...