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Do you remember seeing signs along the highway advertising Burma Shave?
For those of you who never saw the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson
in our history of the 1930's and '40's. Before the Interstates, when
everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all
over the countryside in farmers' fields. They were small red signs with
white letters. Five signs, about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a
4 line couplet ... and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a
popular shaving cream.
Here are a few of the actual signs:
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