Charga-Plate in Red Leather Case, United States, 1950's
date: label: date made
content: 1950s
name: label: manufacturer
content: Farrington Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Charga-Plate was trademarked by the Farrington Manufacturing Company. It was a metal, dog-tag style plate with a customer’s name and city of residence imprinted on it, with a paper backing that the customer could sign. They were typically issued by large scale merchants for customers to use as store credit for that retailer. They were developed as early as 1928 and issued primarily during the 1930s-1950s.
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: Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0823.11
label: accession number
content: 1985.0823
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0823.11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: credit card
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 cm x 6.6 cm; 1 9/16 in x 2 19/32 in