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Burma-Shave streetcar sign
Burma-Shave streetcar sign
Titles: Burma-Shave streetcar sign (Supplied title)
Description: Two multicolored signs advertising "Burma-Shave" shaving cream, used by Burma-Vita Company, 1951-1952. These signs are housed in a concave dark wooden support used at the juncture of a wall and ceiling in a streetcar to display advertisements. The signs read, "WHEN SUPER-SHAVED / REMEMBER, PARD, YOU'LL STILL GET SLAPPED / BUT NOT SO HARD!" and "SAID ONE WHISKER TO ANOTHER / CAN'T GET TOUGH WITH THIS STUFF BROTHER."
Dates
- Exactly 1951 (Creation)
Creation
- about: Burma-Vita Company
- about: Burma-Vita Company
Identifiers
- Accession Number: 1990.507.9
Holding Type: 3D Objects
Quantity: 1 item
Format
- Content Category: artifacts
Measurements
- 12 1/2 inches height
- 42 1/2 inches width
- 6 inches depth (top)
- 1 1/2 inches depth (bottom)
Subjects
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Burma-Shave streetcar sign