For readers “of a certain age” we have fond memories of Burma Shave signs but the story behind them may surprise you. The ...

Travel on U.S. highways between 1926 and 1963 revealed a common element guaranteed to create comments. A set of six red and white signs alongside the road displayed a catchy, humorous rhyme that ...

The Empress was besought recently to give another go to a contest we last did 12 years ago: It's for mini-poems written in the style of the old Burma-Shave ads, which used to appear on pre-interstate ...

“Who has to go now?” rasped Peter Mathews as he eased up on the gas. But this time he was wrong. As he slowed down, the youngsters chanted the legend on the ...

Approximately 1.3 billion billboards line Interstate 4 through Orlando, and that’s just counting advertisements for personal injury lawyers. “Dan Got Me $300,000!” At this point, I’d hire Dan Newlin ...

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Two Oro Valley retirees are defending Christmas with a campaign they borrowed from Burma-Shave. "All this commotion. Christmas is the legal holiday. We want to keep Christ in Christmas," said John ...

Once upon a time, there was a wildly popular communication system where one group of people sent short messages to anyone interested in reading them. In roughly 12 to 17 words, this text system was ...

The meter! The imagery! The story! “Drunk drivers--racy speeders/ Coming fast and thick/ Toxic waste and trucks in haste/ I think I’m getting sick/ Support the Bypass!” OK, it needs a little work.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the early years of motoring, the ...