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Coca-Cola Aircraft Spotter Playing Cards (World War II)

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Creator:
Coca-Cola Company  Search this
Names:
Coca-Cola Company  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Playing cards
Date:
[ca. 1940s]
Scope and Contents:
This set of aircraft spotter playing cards was issued by the Coca-Cola Company during World War II. The back of the box ( and the back of all of the cards) is a Coca-Cola advertisement, showing an illustration of an uniformed girl with radio headset holding a bottle of Coca-Cola. The front side of the cards include World War II aircraft from Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain, and the United States. According to the information card, these cards were prepared by Coke to "assist you in learning the characteristics of United Nations and Enemy Aircraft."
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Found in collection, unknown, unknown, XXXX-0634, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Airplanes -- Recognition  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Playing cards  Search this
World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Playing cards -- Art  Search this
Genre/Form:
Playing cards
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0634
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2a3e4e08f-c2d3-456a-b234-1f4ec9c4e7a0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0634