Wellington Webb pre-paid $10 calling card: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A white plastic calling card promoting Wellington Webb for Mayor of Denver. The front of the card features Webb's campaing logo, a blue illustration of a shoe with [WEBB '95] on the side. The amount of credit on the card [$10] is printed in blue the upper right and left hand corners. [PRE-PAID CALLING CARD] is printed along the center bottom.

White, plastic, pre-paid calling card with promotional text for Wellington Webb as Mayor of Denver. The card features a blue graphic of a PR sneaker with laces tied. Blue text in the heel and heel counter [WEBB]. Date listed on PR side of toe box ['95]. In the upper left and right corners is the pre-paid amount listed in blue [$10]. Below the sneaker is additional text in blue [PRE-PAID CALLING CARD]. Reverse has blue text with instructions for use [How to place a call./1. Dial the Access Number below./2. Enter the Card Number below./3. Dial the Area Code + Number./Access Number: 1-800-493-2250/Card Number: 326-8904-936/If you experience technical difficulties, dial 1-800-569-2280/If found, please return to: TWT, P.O. Box 2821, Houston, Texas 77252./Thank You for Supporting the Mayor's Office.].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1995
• Manufactured by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Wellington E. Webb, born 1941
• Type: cards
• Medium: plastic, vinyl
• Dimensions: H x W: 2 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. (5.4 x 8.6 cm)
• Place used: Denver, Colorado, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2014.46.8
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Honorable Wellington E. Webb and Wilma J. Webb
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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