Object Details
- Edward Horn Co.
- Description (Brief)
- Several types of renewable energy sources are available as alternatives to non-renewable, carbon-based fuels. This button advocates the use of solar energy to generate electricity. It was distributed in 1978 by Solar Action, the Washington, D.C.-based organization that helped to organize Sun Day (3 May 1978.) For many people, the 1970s energy crisis was a call to action to change how electricity was generated and used. Making the choice to “go solar”—and encouraging others to do the same—reflected growing optimism about the potential of clean, accessible solar energy.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1978
- ID Number
- 2003.0014.0400
- accession number
- 2003.0014
- catalog number
- 2003.0014.0400
- Object Name
- button
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: .33 cm x 4 cm; x 1/8 in x 1 9/16 in
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
- Clothing & Accessories
- Energy & Power
- Natural Resources
- Environmental Buttons
- Artifact Walls exhibit
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Environmental Movement
- Record ID
- nmah_1284482
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b05e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
