Khomeini Drive 55 Billboard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Khomeini Drive 55 Billboard

Khomeini Drive 55 Billboard | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Billboard urging Wisconsin motorists to obey the 55 miles per hour speed limit that is illustrated with a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution.  The linkage of the speed limit with the Iranian leader graphically illustrates the degree to which the national speed limit was enacted as a security measure not as an energy saving device.
DESCRIPTION
Billboard urging Wisconsin motorists to obey the 55 miles per hour speed limit that is illustrated with a portrait of Ayatollah Khomeini, the spiritual leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution. The linkage of the speed limit with the Iranian leader graphically illustrates the degree to which the national speed limit was enacted as a security measure not as an energy saving device.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:41022
Creation Date:after 1979
Creator Name:Sandell, David
City:
County:
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Capital Times, Madison, Wisconsin, photographs, 1936-1980
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 3601
Original Dimensions:9 x 8 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Americans first became aware of the nation's dependence on foreign oil during the gas lines of the oil embargo of 1973-1974. That awareness was reinforced after the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran by Islamic fundamentalists in 1979. Several responses to the crises of the 1970s were permanent (the place of small Japanese-made automobiles in the U.S. market and the self-serve gasoline station); the unloved and widely disobeyed 55-mile per hour speed limit was not.
SUBJECTS
Billboards
Petroleum industry and trade
Outdoor photography
Clergy
Automobiles

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