Tube of Burma-Shave, 1930-1945
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Artifact Overview
The Burma-Vita Company was one of the first companies to produce a brushless shaving cream. They began selling the grooming products -- packaged in jars and tubes -- in 1925, but it was their innovative advertising method that most people recall today. Roadside poems and humorous sayings -- Were this company's fame -- Gave drivers and auto tourists -- A way to remember their name -- Burma Shave.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Tube (Object form)
Date Made
1930-1945
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Produced by the Burma-Vita Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2009.84.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Color
Black (Color)
Blue
Yellow (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 4 in
Width: 1.25 in
Depth: 1 in
Inscriptions
Printed on the front of tube: Burma-Shave / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / NO BRUSH / NO LATHER
Printed on back of tube:
Wash face thorloy / with soap and / water, preferably / warm. Leave beard / moist. Spread on / Burma-Shave with / fingers. After spread- / ing, pat - but do not / rub. Allow a minute / for Burma-Shave to / "set". Shave . . . . . / MADE IN U.S.A. BY / BURMA-VITE CO. / MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. / NET CONTENTS 9/10 OZ. AVDP.
Imprinted at crimp at bottom or tube: 111252
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