Trading Card, Gum Inc. Superman No. 69
Trading Card, Gum Inc. Superman No. 69
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- Description (Brief)
- 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Card, Bubble Gum
- Date made
- 1940
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- copyright holder
- Superman, Inc.
- associated institution
- Superman of America Club
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- Superman, Inc.
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0213.114
- accession number
- 1987.0213
- catalog number
- 1987.0213.114
- Credit Line
- DC Comics, Incorporated
- subject
- Superman
- Comics
- Food Culture
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- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Advertising
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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