Diner Club Card Cartoon- 467-821
- Description
- Cartoonist Ted Key drew this six-cartoon series titled “467-821” around 1960. The series depicted cardholder number “467-821” making a verity of lavish expenditures before winding up in prison, warning of the dangers of overspending on credit. The drawing is done with ink brush lines over ink washes and white corrective fluid. These original prints were collected by Alfred Bloomingdale, one of the founders of Diners’ Club. Diners’ Club was one of the first consumer credit cards, heralding a new era of consumer spending.
- This image is drawing number five in a series of six. In this cartoon, a well-dressed client browses through jewelry on display in an upscale jewelry store. Meanwhile, a salesman with tails and pinstripe trousers stands behind the counter and reads the client’s credit card number into a telephone receiver. A caption, handwritten in pencil, says “467-821.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cartoon
- date made
- ca 1960
- maker
- Key, Ted
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 cm x 19.1 cm x .01 cm; 11 1/32 in x 7 17/32 in x in
- place made
- United States
- ID Number
- NU*75.55.15
- catalog number
- 75.55.15
- accession number
- 320774
- subject
- Cartoon Characters
- Art - Currency
- Economics
- See more items in
- Armed Forces History: National Numismatic Collection
- American Enterprise
- Coins, Currency and Medals
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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