Solar Power Bumper Sticker

Description:

Many environmental groups in the 1960s and 1970s battled against the use of nuclear power to produce electricity because they considered it a dangerous source of pollution to humans and their environment. This bumper sticker promoted the use of solar power as an alternative and safer method for providing the world’s energy needs.

Date Made: 1970s

Location: Currently not on view

Subject: EnvironmentGeneral Subject Association: Nuclear powerSubject: Environmental Movement

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Political History, General History Collection, Government, Politics, and Reform, Energy & Power, Environmental History

Exhibition:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0435.11Accession Number: 1981.0435Catalog Number: 1981.0435.11

Object Name: bumper sticker

Physical Description: paper (overall material)red; yellow (overall color)Measurements: overall: 2 3/4 in x 15 in; 6.985 cm x 38.1 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-196e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_504685

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