50 MPH is thrifty

Item Info

Title:
50 MPH is thrifty
Headline:
50 MPH is thrifty
Date:
1970? to 1979?
Description:
Billboard reference to vehicles slowing down to 50 miles per hour on the highway and thus conserving gasoline probably dates this from the "energy crisis" of the early to mid 1970s.
Company:
unknown
Placement Company:
O'Mealia Outdoor Advertising Company
Product:
energy consumption
Subject:
Public Service
Setting:
Urban setting
Medium:
billboards (site elements)
Format:
Tone:
Black & White
Rights Note:
Most of the advertisements digitized as part of the the ROAD: Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions Project were published after 1923. Therefore, the majority of advertisements represented in this resource are not in the public domain. The advertisements may be used by anyone for research, teaching, private study, or general interest. For any other uses of these advertisements please see our page on copyright and citations https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/research/citations-and-permissions.
Digital Collection:
Resource of Outdoor Advertising Descriptions (ROAD)
Source Collection:
Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) Archives, 1885-2019 and undated
Identifier:
  • oaaaarchives
  • duke:214150
  • AAA4830
  • ark:/87924/r3vh5cj7q
  • 57ffd99f-1a91-409c-8ea3-b2ca20a60225
Permalink:
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Sponsor:
Adopted by Fletcher Family Foundation in honor of Nancy Fletcher