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Burma Shave Signs, Present at the Creation
National Public Radio report by Lars Hoel, aired Jan. 21, 2002.
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Article in ThirdAge, June 18, 1997, discussing American Safety Razor Inc.'s release of a new line of Burma Shave creams, lotions, razors and blades.
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Article by Martin Waterman in the January 1996 issue of Backwoods Home Magazine.
www.backwoodshome.com
Burma Shave - 'The verse by the side of the road'
An article by Chuck Woodbury in Out West, 2004.
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Article in 1997 Pennsylvania Turnpike newsletter by Christina Hampton, includes some Pennsylvania Turnpike verses.
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Discusses the promotion that promised to send the winner to Mars, by Barbara Mikkelson.
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Transcript and audio archive from The Engines of Our Ingenuity radio broadcast, by John Lienhard.
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Article in Sign Industry by Lara Moody, Feb. 15, 2000.
www.signindustry.com
Burma-Shave - an American Advertising Legend
Community edited article on h2g2.
www.bbc.co.uk
St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture article by Preston Neal Jones, 2002.
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Article by Robb White from the Smithsonian Magazine, August 2000.
www.smithsonianmagazine.com