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===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 βI Votedβ 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]]
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