Washington Shopping Plate Credit Card
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: The Washington Shopping Plate was a credit card issued to shoppers in Washington, D.C., that they could use to make purchases at local department stores. The first cards were issued in October 1950 and were good at Hecht’s, Jelleff’s, Kann’s, Lansburgh’s, Raleigh's, and Garfinkel's. It was first issued as an embossed metal plate before becoming the blue plastic card seen here. In 1974 a large D.C. retailer began accepting a national credit card (American Express), which signaled the end of the Washington Shopping Plate.
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: E. Clain-Stefanelli
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.84.17.26
label: catalog number
content: 84.17.26
label: accession number
content: 1984.0606
label: serial number
content: 8 23
objectType: label: Object Name
content: credit card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 8.5 cm x .2 cm; 2 5/32 in x 3 11/32 in x 3/32 in