Object Details
- 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Key, Ted
- date made
- ca 1960
- Credit Line
- Bloomingdale, Alfred
- 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
- Object Name
- cartoon
