Burma-Shave Jingle Book, 1936

Summary

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

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

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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