Burma-Shave Jingle Book, 1936

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Artifact Overview

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 Details

Artifact

Booklet

Date Made

1936

Subject Date

1936

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2009.187.1

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
Depth: 0.063 in

Inscriptions

Printed on cover: Burma-Shave / JINGLE / BOOK / FORTY-FOUR JINGLES Burma-Shave / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. / DIRECTIONS FOR USE EXPLAINED