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I don't remember them as a youngster here in New England. But we loved seeing them when we would go to Indiana to visit family. The whole family would read each one in unison, sign by sign.. good fun!

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

We'd make our semi-annual trek down to Grandpa's place in Kansas during the '50s and all the usual happenings for a kid in the back seat; identifying makes of cars, noting license plates from around the country, and Burma Shave signs often at the edge of corn fields. Roger and I may have read some of the same signs!?!

Likely true, Bob, likely true.

Originally Posted by 34_40

I don't remember them as a youngster here in New England. But we loved seeing them when we would go to Indiana to visit family. The whole family would read each one in unison, sign by sign.. good fun!

Mike, an interesting point in their history, the signs were put up in most of the lower 48, but there were a few states down in the SW (NM, AZ, NV) that did not get them because the traffic volume was deemed too low; and Massachusetts -

eliminated due to that state's high land rentals and roadside foliage.

Lawyers recommended that they be removed from the roadside in the '60's because of the potential for liability, fearing that drivers might claim they were "distracted" by the signs....