Diners' Club Credit Card, United States, 1957
date: label: date made
content: 1957
name: label: maker
content: Diner's Club of America
notes: label: Description
content: Founded by Frank McNamara in 1950, the Diners' Club Card was among the country’s earliest charge cards. Before the time of plastic credit cards or digital payments, being freed from carrying an excessive amount of cash by simply presenting you Diners’ Club card was novel. At the end of the month, Diners’ Club would bill their members and send the payment to the restaurant, taking out a 5-7% processing fee. Alfred Bloomingdale’s charge card company, “Dine and Sign” merged with Diners’ Club in 1951, when he became The Diners’ Club president. Alfred Bloomingdale used this card prior to its expiration date on September 30, 1957.
place: label: place made
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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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.72.66.31
label: catalog number
content: 72.66.31
label: accession number
content: 301409
label: serial number
content: 2000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: credit card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 9.9 cm x .3 cm; 2 5/32 in x 3 29/32 in x 1/8 in