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Store branded credit card. In September 1958, Bank of America launched the BankAmericard in Fresno, California, which would become the first successful recognizably modern credit card linked to a bank account. It was eventually licensed to other…

Specimen of paper charge card, for promotional purposes.

Specimen of paper charge card, used for promotional purposes.

Paper charge card from the Fort Worth Tire Company. Older paper merchant cards like these were forerunners of the credit card that we are familiar with today. Read more:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card#Charga-Plate

Charga Plate credit card from the Gimbel Brothers store in New York, with leather case. Charga plate cards were the predecessors of credit cards, issued by department stores to regular customers. They were used from the 1930s to the late 1950s. It…

Plastic ATM card

Charga Plate credit card from the Gimbel Brothers store in New York, with leather case and receipt. Charga plate cards were the predecessors of credit cards, issued by department stores to regular customers. They were used from the 1930s to the late…

Black plastic MasterCard credit card holder/wallet with "London in your pocket: Priceless" written on it

Store branded credit card built for an IBM machine (plastic, but punch card based).

This is an EMV MasterCard (Platinum Flame) from Brazil.