Trading Card, Gum Inc. Superman No. 22
Object Details
- 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
- Credit Line
- DC Comics, Incorporated
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- 1940
- ID Number
- 1987.0213.067
- accession number
- 1987.0213
- catalog number
- 1987.0213.067
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- copyright holder
- Superman, Inc.
- associated institution
- Superman of America Club
- maker
- Gum, Inc.
- Superman, Inc.
- Object Name
- Card, Bubble Gum
- Physical Description
- cardboard (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Advertising
- Subject
- Superman
- Comics
- Food Culture
- Record ID
- nmah_1192422
