Bumper Stickers: a little history

Well, here's something I didn't know about the history of bumper stickers. Everything has a history, right? And bumpers have only been around for a hundred years or so, and stickers probably even less. So where did it start? The story of the bumper sticker begins in the 1930's. A screen printer by the name of Forest P. Gill had a moment of enlightenment that changed the world. Often dubbed "the father of bumper stickers," Gill began to attach cloth messages to the bumpers of automobiles using pieces of wire. Immediately realizing the potential, Gill soon replaced his wire attachment system with a process using an adhesive backing, and the first sticker printing business was born. Bumper stickers are one of our biggest categories here at StickerGiant. I count 347 designs in the StickerGiant store, not to mention all the custom bumper stickers we print. It's all thanks to good ol' Forest.