These signs
Are not
For laughs alone
The face they save
May be your own
Burma-Shave

Ah, yes! One of Burma-Shave's poetic contributions to the "Old Road".

From 1927 to 1963, the Burma-Vita Company (makers of Burma-Shave) conducted an energetic and delightfully amusing advertising program that saw the distribution of over 600 jingles and slogans throughout 43 states.

BURMA-SHAVE COUNTRY captures the old road setting of the Burma-Shave jingles. Travelers would count the signs, watch for familiar ones, or try reading the next sign before others in the car.

The actual Burma-Shave sign was borrowed from an antique collector. The red brick farmhouse in the distance was built in along a country road (now Hwy. 311) just north of New Albany in 1870. In my childhood I recall it served as centerpiece to the old Zeta Mae dairy farm. The home contained four stately rooms and a lean-to kitchen at the rear. Today the Burma-Shave sign is long gone, but the the farmhouse is graciously restored and stands as a proud reminder of life so long ago.

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RAY DAY
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