Came across this article today and thought I'd share:
A local co./ was going broke/ till clever ads/ demand awoke/ Burma-Shave
A local co./ was going broke/ till clever ads/ demand awoke/ Burma-Shave
The history of Burma-Shave
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I recall seeing Berma-Shave signs on our annual trip's from west coast to east coast and back in the 50s and 60s.
The last hurricane took down a number of "Pedro's" South of the Border signs.
Category:South of the Border billboards - Wikimedia Commons
They were done like Berma-Shave but on full size interstate billboards.
Good-bye to Mexican-Speak South of the Border Billboards - Roadside America
The last hurricane took down a number of "Pedro's" South of the Border signs.
Category:South of the Border billboards - Wikimedia Commons
They were done like Berma-Shave but on full size interstate billboards.
Good-bye to Mexican-Speak South of the Border Billboards - Roadside America
When Tom Waits was a kid, he watched Burma Shave signs go by on family trips on Route 66.
When Tom Waits grew up, he wrote this song:
Probably the best song ever written not really about shaving cream.
When Tom Waits grew up, he wrote this song:
Probably the best song ever written not really about shaving cream.
Do you eat at the restaurant shapped like a big hat too?
I've been there myself last year. Picked up some pulled pork and slaw and took it to the camp ground. Expensive but good.
Small world
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It's ironic that just about the only thing you can still buy in a store with the Burma-Shave name on it is a shaving brush..
Sad my Grandfather's both said it was a fine product!
