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Burma-Shave
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Burma-Shave
their signs seen as “verses of the wayside throughout America.” [Am. Commerce and Folklore: Misc.]
See : Ubiquity


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His campaign -- using a series of posters to create a message -- is reminiscent of the Burma Shave signs that advertised shaving cream along the nation's highways from 1927 to 1963.
DRIVE-BY CRUSADER FREEWAY OVERPASSES PROVIDE CANVAS FOR PROTEST ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
signs to be as pervasive as the famed Burma Shave signs of the '30s and '40s, that could change -- perhaps sooner than you think
Signs of the times. (At a Glance) by Mass, Warren / The New American
Gilmore Oil was so promotion-oriented it was dubbed "the Burma Shave of the oil industry.
Perseverance, diversification, promotion tell story of Los Angeles' ... by Stremfel, Michael / Los Angeles Business Journal
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