Gourmet's Guest Club Credit Card, United States, 1955
date: label: date made
content: 1955
notes: label: Description
content: This is a sample card and directory for the Gourmet’s Guest Club Credit card. The Gourmet’s Guest Club Credit Card was established by <i>Gourmet</i> magazine 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.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Hoboken
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Coins, Currency and Medals
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bloomingdale, Alfred
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.72.66.118
label: catalog number
content: 72.66.118
label: accession number
content: 301409
objectType: label: Object Name
content: credit card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.4 cm x 10 cm x .3 cm; 2 17/32 in x 3 15/16 in x 1/8 in