EPA "Save Gas" Bumper Sticker
date: label: date made
content: 1976
label: issued date
content: 1976
name: label: associated institution
content: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
notes: label: Description
content: During the gas shortages of the 1970s, American motorists were encouraged to reduce highway speed in order to cut fuel consumption and automobile emissions. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency issued this red, white, and blue bumper sticker in the shape of a flag during the 1976 Bicentennial to promote patriotism and support for this unpopular idea.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Environmental Movement
label: Subject
content: Conservation
label: Subject
content: Environmental History
setName: label: See more items in
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: Ulysses G. Lyon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0526.01
label: accession number
content: 1977.0526
label: catalog number
content: 1977.0526.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bumper sticker
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white, blue (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 12 in; 7.62 cm x 30.48 cm