Burma-Shave Jingle Book, 1936
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Burma-Shave successfully marketed their brushless shaving cream by posting humorous poems and slogans along the roadside. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s, drivers and passengers would keep a lookout for the sequential road signs with Burma-Shave ads. This book from 1936 listed a selection of jingles used since the company began.
Burma-Shave successfully marketed their brushless shaving cream by posting humorous poems and slogans along the roadside. From the mid-1920s to the mid-1960s, drivers and passengers would keep a lookout for the sequential road signs with Burma-Shave ads. This book from 1936 listed a selection of jingles used since the company began.
Artifact
Booklet
Date Made
1936
Subject Date
1925-1936
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.66.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2.75 in
Width: 2.75 in
Inscriptions
Printed on cover: Burma-Shave / JINGLE / BOOK / FORTY-FOUR JINGLES Burma-Shave / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / DIRECTIONS FOR USE EXPLAINED
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