What's the first Plastic card you remember having?

[tasmtairy]

zl

Originally Posted by PJSaturn

My first was a small department store in Highland, Indiana. I was 18 and had no credit record yet. My sister's future mother-in-law worked at the store and told the credit department that she could vouch for me. I've had a perfect credit record ever since. Thank you, Hilda!

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LOL PJ! Thats great.

So was the first plastic card 50's or 60's. I was just reminded there were tin or aluminum cards Like tin cards

[mshultz]

Originally Posted by tasmtairy

zl

LOL PJ! Thats great.

So was the first plastic card 50's or 60's. I was just reminded there were tin or aluminum cards Like tin cards

That reminds me. I have a brass Social Security card from my great-grandfather. Brass Social Security cards were a thing at one time. So were bronze baby shoes. It was aftermarket, not an official government card.

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by Luckystrike1

Mervyn's, back around 1983.

Mervyn's was my second, my new wife liked to buy clothes there in the 1970s. I remember the card being being shorter than the typical credit cards.

[Crazee Cat Lady]

I got a JC Penney card and a Firestone card at about the same time. Those were the first I think, if memory serves.

[mshultz]

My first plastic card must have been my Ohio Driver's License in 1972. I have a January 1968 School Management magazine with an ad for Polaroid plastic school ID cards, but that sort of thing was rare back then. Interesting that Polaroid was state-of-the-art in 1968, but bankrupt in 2001 because they failed to keep up with technology (digital film).

[country pride]

In jr high we could get an ASB card for 10 bucks at the beginning of the year. That card would give us discounts at our student store and other events throughout the year. Cant remember what the letters ASB stood for but im imagining it had something to do with student something.... something...?

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by country pride

In jr high we could get an ASB card for 10 bucks at the beginning of the year. That card would give us discounts at our student store and other events throughout the year. Cant remember what the letters ASB stood for but im imagining it had something to do with student something.... something...?

cp. ASB = Associated Student Body

https://admissionsight.com/associated-student-body-asb/

[TN Tin Man]

Dinners Card way back in the 60's

[Tzaphkiel]

when i was in high school we had plastic ID cards that felt just like credit cards. This gave us discounts on tickets.

[cre8lite]

library card