OUTDOOR WEDNESDAY - BURMA SHAVE

Susan at, A Southern Daydreamer, is out host for Outdoor Wednesday.  

Please don't miss out on the great outdoors at Susan's Blog

This a very well attended event.

You're gonna love the things you see.

For those who never saw any of the Burma Shave signs, here is a quick lesson in our history of the 1930's and '40's. Before there were interstates, when everyone drove the old 2 lane roads, Burma Shave signs would be posted all over the countryside in farmers' fields.

They were small red signs with white letters. Five signs,

about 100 feet apart, each containing 1 line of a 4 line couplet......and the obligatory 5th sign advertising Burma Shave, a popular shaving cream.

Here are more of the actual signs:

I hope you enjoyed a bit of the past.  Compare this to advertising today.

Happy Outdoor Wednesday

Love, Jeanne

Comments

[Penny @ The Comforts of Home and Lavender Hill Studio]

What fun signs! When I grew up we took a summer camping vacation every year and we never ever ever traveled on any interstate. Back two lane roads across eastern America. I have wonderful memories of those vacations.
Hugs,
Penny
p.s. we got 10 inches of snow yesterday....did you get alot?

[Mary]

Hi Jeanne - yes, I remember the great roadside advertising when we traveled the country every Summer in the '60's/'70's. Boy, the motels were so cheap compared to now, the billboards massive, and it was so darned hot without an airconditioned car! We lived up North so no a/c there!

Bet you're snowed in again! We just got a dusting last night and it's just about gone now at 9 AM.

Hope life is treating you well dear. Enjoyed reading your recent meme - you've had a busy and very interesting life.
Warm hugs - Mary

[racheld]

I just love this DRIVE down Memory Lane!

My absolute favorite of all time was quite a clever pun:

If Harmony
Is what you crave
Get a Tuba
Burma Shave

[Connie]

I wonder why we don't see those signs anymore. I loved seeing them as we traveled, sweetpea! Nostalgia....sigh.....
xoxo,
Connie

[Ann Creek]

Jeanne, what a great post. I remember those signs. Our drive to my grandparents when I was little was around 3 hrs, they were all along the road. Enjoyed it.
Ann

[Darlene]

What FUN signs!! Did you end up with a lot of snow??? Hope you are having a great day.♥

[Helena]

Oh wow... these are great! I remember cans of Burma Shave in the medicine cabinet at our summer cottage, but I don't think I ever actually saw the signs.

[Riet]

Hi Jeanne, we never had these here but they look like fun. Happy nostalgia

[Mary]

What a cute post, Jeanne. I think there was a set of these ads on Hwy 64 (or somewhere) in Oklahoma when I lived there in the 70's. Truly a blast from the past ;)

[Beth]

It is a cute post of the past. I can't remember seeing these here in the west.
I hope you dodged the storm!~♥

[Beverly]

Jeanne, I don't remember these signs, but I saw lots of South of the Border signs when I was a kid.

I e-mailed you the link for the recipe.

Love you.

[Eileen]

Great post and love the signs!

[The Muse]

as a military brat...lol
we traveled everywhere and yes! i recall these...
and i have childhood pictures of me standing right there...lol..
i have not thought about that in a long time...

what fun, jeanne, you make me smile !

[tour and travel]

Nice article,
Keep posting stuff like this i really like it.
God Bless you

[Anne]

Hi I found you at Beverly's Pink Saturday post list! You have a such a lovely blog and I noticed you mentioned having your fifth child...I am mom to 5 kids and 4 are still at home, three in college, one in high school. The oldest married with her own family.

I remember my mom hanging our clothes on the line and my old house on Durango St.had a clothes line. How I miss it!

I like our laundry post! What a cute & clever room you have.

Have a great weekend and stop by to say hello at my blog. Thank you for hsaring.

[sewa mobil]

What FUN signs!! Did you end up with a lot of snow??? Hope you are having a great day.♥