Gourmet's Guest Club Credit Card, United Statesm 1957
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: signatory
content: O'Mara, Richard F.
label: issuing authority
content: Gourmet's Guest Club
notes: label: Description
content: This Gourmet’s Guest Club Credit Card and store Directory was owned by Richard F. O’Mara, of O’Mara & Flodin Inc. around 1956. Club credit cards like this were ideal for company expense accounts, as it provided accurate accounting with its monthly billings. The Gourmet’s Guest Club Credit Card was established by <i>Gourmet magazine</i> around 1954. It functioned similarly to the Diners’ Club card, allowing consumers to pay for meals and hotels with credit instead of cash. The Diners’ Club card helped popularize credit card payments during the 1950s, and its success prompted other companies to issue their own cards to capitalize on the trend. The card came with a booklet listing the 600 hotels and restaurants that accepted Gourmet’s Guest Club. As the credit card business grew, it also began to consolidate, with American Express acquiring Gourmet Guest Club in 1958 to compete with Diners’ Club.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: American Enterprise
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creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bloomingdale, Alfred
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.72.66.119
label: accession number
content: 301409
label: catalog number
content: 72.66.119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: credit card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall materials)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 102 mm x 63 mm x .3 cm; 4 1/32 in x 2 15/32 in x 1/8 in