Johnny Horizon '76 Cowboy Hat
date: label: date made
content: ca 1976
label: associated date
content: 1976
name: label: associated institution
content: Department of Interior. Bureau of Education
notes: label: Description
content: The Johnny Horizon Program was established by the U.S. Department of the Interior in the early 1970s to increase environmental awareness and encourage people to work together to improve and protect the environment. “Johnny Horizon” was a symbolic figure of a concerned citizen who wanted to help keep America clean as it approached its 200th birthday in 1976.
label: Description
content: The program distributed environmental education newsletters, booklets, stickers, and other material throughout the country. This “Johnny Horizon” red, white, and blue life-size cowboy hat was offered to children so they could show their support for a safe and healthy future for America.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Education
label: Subject
content: Environment
label: Subject
content: Environmental History
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Environmental History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carl R. Zuckerman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0680.02
label: accession number
content: 1977.0680
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0680.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red; white; blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool felt (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 10 in x 12 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 25.4 cm x 32.385 cm