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 Identifier

NASM.XXXX.0634

Creator

Coca-Cola Company

Date

[ca. 1940s]

Provenance

Found in collection, unknown, unknown, XXXX-0634, unknown

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet ((1 folder))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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."

Rights

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Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Topics

Airplanes -- Recognition

Airplanes

Playing cards

World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war

World War, 1939-1945

Playing cards -- Art

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Playing cards