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Burma-Shave and Its Signs

Burma-Shave became the top-selling brushless shaving cream in the U.S. from the 1930s to the 1960s, thanks to its innovative advertising campaign of putting humorous rhyming couplets on sequential signs along roadsides across the country.

Presented by Margaret Opsata. No registration required. 

Date:
Monday, November 17, 2025
Time:
6:30pm - 7:30pm Eastern Time
Location:
Children’s Area
Library:
Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library
Audience:
  Adults  
Categories:
  Community and Culture     History and Genealogy