Photograph of an individual using a Master Charge card (later MasterCard) to pay for shopping

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Photograph showing an individual at a check-out, paying for groceries with a Master Charge card (later MasterCard). The cashier is loading a manual imprinting machine. Marine Midland rebranded its Midland Charge Card to Master Charge in 1969. That year the bank's total charge card volume reached USD 122 million. The annual report remarked that all upstate charge authorisations were being centralised at a single processing centre with direct computer access.
Title
Photograph of an individual using a Master Charge card (later MasterCard) to pay for shopping
Scope and Content
Photograph showing an individual at a check-out, paying for groceries with a Master Charge card…
Date
c. 1969
HSBC Reference Number
US 0339-1937-0002
Archive Record Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph
Colour
Black and White