A nurse participating in a nursing project at University Hospital (University of Minnesota) serves food to a patient, ca. 1937.

Aerosol can of Burma-Shave shaving cream, 1955–1963.

Four of six original signs from a Burma-Shave sequential roadside advertisement. The middle sign, which would have read "out so far," is missing, as is the sixth and final sign, which would have read, "Burma Shave." Used between 1940 and 1955.

Two multicolored signs advertising Burma-Shave shaving cream. Used by the Burma-Vita Company between 1951 and 1952.

Two multicolored signs advertising Burma-Shave shaving cream. Used by the Burma-Vita Company, 1952.

Two multicolored signs advertising Burma-Shave shaving cream. Used by the Burma-Vita Company, ca. 1951–1952.

A sixth and final sign from a sequential roadside Burma-Shave advertisement, ca. 1940–1955.

Shaving brush with ebony handle and natural bristles. Patented in 1888.

Ever-Ready shaving brush with badger bristles set in a rubber handle. The brush belonged to Arnold W. Becker and was used between 1930 and 1939.

A nine-ounce aluminum tube of Burma-Shave shaving cream with lanolin, its box, and a pamphlet titled "The Art of Shaving." The box was made in St. Paul, Minnesota, by the Waldorf Paper Products Company between 1954 and 1957.