Too often they are hoaxes -- not quite honest versions of the truth. They claim to be original examples -- in this case of Burma Shave signs -- but I wonder if in reality some merely are manufactured ...

In a simpler time, when automobiles went slower and the pre-Eisenhower highway system in the United States was less developed, there was a popular advertising campaign that ran from 1927 until 1963.

Burma-Shave was a ... series of five-to-six signs each, displayed on non-trunkline roads for 60 days would promote Buena Vista, not a product or business.” A suggested example to draw traffic ...

One example: Shaving Brushes/ You'll Soon See ... along which had been hundreds of Burma Shave signs over the years. (A few can still be seen, according to Wikipedia.) In their time, the signs ...

“Margee Adrian of St. Paul reports having seen Burma-Shave signs in the very recent past ... and to give me an example. “He replied: ‘It means “Too Much Information.” ...

reads aloud (for example) ... The last sign says “BURMA SHAVE.” That’s it. It’s all over until, ideally, somewhere down the road you will come upon another series of Burma Shave signs ...

Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the country ... obligatory fifth sign advertising Blurma Shave. Here's a couple examples for your pleasure.

That’s easy, said Jack French of Fairfax. The number “1,000” wouldn’t fit as neatly on those compact Burma-Shave signs. “They had to choose their words very carefully to fit the tiny ...

They claim to be original examples — in this case of Burma Shave signs — but I wonder if in reality some merely are manufactured to mimic the pattern and the message of signs that actually ...