Packaging for Sample Burma-Shave Double Edge Razor Blades, 1936
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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 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
Razor blade
Date Made
1936
Creators
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Produced by the Burma-Vita Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2009.66.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Steel (Alloy)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Blue
White (Color)
Yellow (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 2.75 in
Width: 2.75 in
Inscriptions
Printed on obverse of packaging envelope:
Two Burma-Shave Blades / ENCLOSED / "The sharpest blade ever made" / At all good druggists and dealers / 15 for 25 cents!!
Printed on obverse of the blade covers:
DOUBLE EDGE RAZOR BLADES / Burma-Shave / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
Stamped across the printing on obverse of the blade covers: SAMPLE
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