Trading Card, Gum Inc. Superman No. 55
date: label: Date made
content: 1940
name: label: maker
content: Gum, Inc.
label: copyright holder
content: Superman, Inc.
label: associated institution
content: Superman of America Club
label: maker
content: Gum, Inc.
label: maker
content: Superman, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of a set of 72 trading card featuring Superman, included in packages of Gum Inc.'s "Superman Bubble Gum" in 1940. Each "adventure story" card features an image of Superman on the front with a connected story on the back. The cards are one of the earliest examples of merchandise featuring the iconic superhero.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Superman
label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Advertising
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: DC Comics, Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0213.100
label: accession number
content: 1987.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0213.100
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Card, Bubble Gum
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm