Road ecology blog: Burma-Shave cattle crossing sign series, US Hwy 66, Arizona, USA.

Livestock warning sign. Cattle crossing, means go slow, that old bull, is some cow's beau, Burma-Shave, US Hwy 66, NW of Selligman, Arizona, USA.

This is a series of historic road signs along historic Route 66 in Arizona. Burma-Shave was an brand of shaving cream. About 60 years ago it was well known for its advertizements placed on a series of small roadside signs. The text often had a humorous element, and it would rhyme. The signs below were installed along US Hwy 66, fitting for the time when US Hwy 66 (Route 66) was a major route along which many people moved to the west between the 1930s and 1960s. Route 66 started in Chicago and continued all the way to the west coast at Santa Monica. After the construction of the interstate system Route 66 became less used.

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