Editing Sticker (section)

== History ==
Notices, advertisements, and [[Flyposting|posted bills]] applied to surfaces with tacks or [[Wheatpaste|paste]] have been widespread, although sometimes strictly regulated. An early example is the Peukestas order, a papyrus notice posted in Egypt around 331 BCE.<ref>Schubert, Paul (2022) 
[https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:164919 Posting a Public Notice on Papyrus: A Frequent Phenomenon?] ''Aegyptus'' vol. 102, p. 203–218</ref>

[[File:Man_posting_an_advertisement_for_La_publicité_en_France_par_Emile_Mermet.jpg|thumb|Posting an advertisement]]

In the 1750s [[Simon François Ravenet]] developed the [[decalcomania]] process by which engravings and prints via a transfer paper are affixed to pottery, wood, metal or glass.<ref>Glazier, Richard (1899) ''A Manual of Historic Ornament'' London: Batsford p. 106</ref><ref>Baker, Whitney (2015) [https://books.google.com/books?id=7q8fDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA277 Sticking Point: History of Decals] ''Collections'' Vol 11 #4:275–290</ref>

Two important advances were gummed [[adhesive]] paper by [[Rowland Hill]] in 1839, and [[pressure-sensitive adhesive]]s in 1845.<ref>Akyar, Isin (2011) [https://books.google.com/books?id=jIqfDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA310 ''Wide Spectra of Quality Control'']</ref>

===User-moistened stickers===
The adhesive [[Penny Black|postage stamp]] appeared in 1840, then pharmacy bottle labels in 1850,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6zJbAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA330-R1 Medical Label Warehouse advertisement] ''The Medical Times'' 1850 p330</ref> and other gummed and cut paper labels by the 1860s,<ref>Mack, Horace (1879) [https://books.google.com/books?id=OeA4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA225 ''History of Columbiana County Ohio'']</ref> which needed to be moistened with water to activate the adhesive before being affixed. Another early application was [[ex libris (bookplate)|book plate]]s and library tags.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PkoFAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA186 ''American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular''] 1867 v9 #7:186</ref>

[[File:Suitcase_with_luggage_labels_(178491614).jpg|thumb|Suitcase with luggage labels]]
Steamer trunk [[luggage label]]s which appeared in the 1870s represented an early status symbol.<ref>Hartov, Oren (2024) [https://www.analogshift.com/blogs/transmissions/hotel-luggage-label-history ''A History of the Hotel Luggage Label''] Analog:Shift</ref>

In some areas of the U.S. voters used stickers to enter pre-printed candidate names onto election ballots.<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83020847/1882-10-27/ed-1/seq-1/#words=stickers State Campaign] MA ''Springfield Republican'' 1882-Oct-27 p1 5th column</ref> <ref>
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83040340/1882-11-24/ed-1/seq-7/ "Stickers"] KS ''Iola Register'' 1882-Nov-24 p7</ref>

In 1886 continuous gummed paper tape was introduced for parcel sealing, then later available decorated around 1919.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=91jOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA27 ''Stationery Trades' Journal''] Nov 1927 pp12,27</ref>

In 1891 [[Trading stamp]] store loyalty programs began.

By 1896 the [[Return address]] pre-printed gummed label was being offered by printers.

The [[Brussels International Exposition (1897)]] in Belgium commissioned a series of stickers to promote the exhibition.

Around 1900 [[Avery Dennison|Dennison]] Manufacturing Company offered gummed seals in gold, silver, red, green and blue, soon followed by gold [[Five-pointed star|stars]], and flag stickers.<ref>
[https://books.google.com/books?id=5kY_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA413 ''Proceedings of New York State Teachers Association''] p413</ref> 

By 1902 stickers began to proliferate,<ref>
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84020274/1902-10-24/ed-1/seq-4/ Epidemic of "Sticker Lips"] ''St. Louis Republic'' 1902-Oct-24 p4</ref> including dedicated businesses such as St. Louis Sticker Co.<ref>[https://www.ebay.com/itm/126913439250 1903 St. Louis Sticker Co.] St. Louis I Am A Sticker ebay.com</ref> <ref>
[https://books.google.com/books?id=T9186MX8so8C&pg=PA168 Stickers St Louis Sticker Co] ''Printers Ink Monthly'' 1926 V12 #5 p168</ref> 

In 1904 [[Christmas seals]] were first issued in Denmark.

Example early sticker campaigns in U.S. include Red Sticker Union Made campaign,<ref>
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063459/1906-04-13/ed-1/seq-3/ The Red Sticker] NE ''Wageworker Union'' 1906-Apr-13 p3</ref> [[American Red Cross]],<ref>[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062268/1918-06-20/ed-1/seq-5/ Movement Reaches New York] ''Pensacola Journal'' 1918-Jun-20 p5</ref> and European Child Relief Fund.<ref>
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022871/1921-01-26/ed-1/seq-6/ Yes Mr. Hoover] [VT Barton] ''Orleans County Monitor'' 1921-Jan-26 p6</ref>

Sticker red [[Heart symbol|hearts]] are sold by 1911.<ref>
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1911-02-04/ed-1/seq-16/#words=stickers KS ''Topeka State Journal''] 1911-02-04 p16</ref>

Sometime after 1912 [[Cracker Jack]] included prize may have been [[temporary tattoo]] sticker, and later by breakfast cereal and bubble gum offerings.

Around 1914 the [[Industrial Workers of the World]] advocated their causes via [[Silent agitators|stickerettes]]
<ref>
[https://www.jstor.org/site/stlawu/iww-stickerettes-history/?so=item_title_str_asc History of I.W.W. "Silent Agitators" or "Stickerettes"] St. Lawrence University</ref>

Fruit origin stickers began in 1917,<ref>
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn92070582/1917-02-17/ed-1/seq-8/ Blue Sticker] [NM Albuquerque] ''Evening Herald'' 1917-Feb-17 p8</ref> then later by [[Fyffes]] and widespread with 1990 [[Price look-up code|PLU code]]s.

In 1919 a business in Buffalo, New York, applied stickers on receipts with the word "thanks" and a smiling face.

Automobile window decals, such as National Park emblems,<ref>Francis, Michael H. & Reynolds, Bobby (2023)  [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZPcJEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA205 Stickers & Decals] ''Yellowstone Collectibles'' Page 205</ref> became popular in 1920s.<ref>
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87093407/1924-08-06/ed-1/seq-1/ New Sticker Disease] ''Seattle Star'' 1924-Aug-6</ref>

In 1967 Topps began the [[Wacky Packages]] initial series of collectible moisten and stick cards.

===Self-adhesive stickers===
[[R. Stanton Avery]] is credited with creating the first self-adhesive sticker in 1935, with commercial sale in 1940 under the name "Kum Kleen Price Stickers", under the former "Avery Adhesives" company in Los Angeles, where its original use was for labeling on various goods and products.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=The Amazing History of Labels: When Were Stickers Invented? |url=https://www.avery.com/blog/the-amazing-history-of-labels-when-were-stickers-invented/?msockid=04394fe1fb776e1b1cdb5b08fa156fd8 |access-date=25 July 2019 |website=www.avery.com/blog/}}</ref>

Example sticker types include:
* 1942 war time gas rationing allocation<ref>Hendricks, Nancy (2018) [https://books.google.com/books?id=GxjOEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA248 ''Popular Fads and Crazes through American History''] p248</ref>

* 1940s [[bumper sticker]]s used to advertise travel attractions

* 1958 Automobile Information Disclosure Act prescribed a [[Monroney sticker]] be affixed to the window of every new car sold in the U.S.

* 1959 C-Line Products "Hello, my name is ..." [[name tag]]

* 1968 [[Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland]] "Save the Reef" bumper sticker<ref>
Manning, Paddy (2019) [https://books.google.com/books?id=h5WnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1937 ''Inside the Greens''] p1937</ref>

* c. 1971 [[Robert Crumb]] [[Keep On Truckin' (comics)|Keep on Truckin']] sticker

* 1973 Topps resumes the [[Wacky Packages]] series as peel-and-stick

* 1977 Creative Teaching Press issues [[Scratch and sniff|scratch 'n sniff]] stickers<ref>
Galin, Neil A. & Peppler, Amy (2006) ''Vintage Scratch & Sniff Sticker Collector's Guide''</ref>

* 1976 [[Hello Kitty]] character stickers

* 1977 the white oval [[International vehicle registration code]] on rear of vehicle could be represented as a sticker
[[File:DkSkilt.svg|thumb|Denmark VRI]]

* 1988 Janet Boudreau's rippling flag “I Voted” sticker offered at U.S. election polling locations<ref>[https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2024/i-voted-sticker.html I Voted sticker] ''AARP Magazine'' 2024</ref>

* 1989 [[Andre the Giant Has a Posse]] [[street art]]