This content is sponsored by Jiffy Lube. The history of bumper stickers actually starts before cars. Horse-drawn carriages had painted fly nets. Early cars had paper window decals. But everything ...

A STICKY HISTORY: Consider the bumper sticker, that easy-to-apply accessory that gives others a glimpse into the vehicle owner's personality, tastes, hobbies, political affiliation or sense of humor.

People have been putting bumper stickers on their cars since the 1940s, when a Kansas City screen printer named Forrest P. Gill invented them. Gill got his hands on some adhesive-backed paper and ...