Quality Inn Card Key, 2000-2010

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Artifact Overview

Electronic keycards provide guests with access to their hotel or motel rooms. These credit card-sized plastic keys have replaced traditional metal keys. And there is no need to return these keys if you accidently walk away with them -- lock codes change and keycards have to be recoded. Guests to a Quality Inn used this keycard in the early 2000s.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Key card

Date Made

2000-2010

Creator Notes

Made by Plasticard-Locktech International, Asheville, North Carolina.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2011.89.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic

Color

White (Color)
Green
Yellow (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 3.375 in (or length)
Width: 2.125 in

Inscriptions

Front: QUALITY (logo) / BY CHOICE HOTELS / FOR RESERVATIONS / 800.4CHOICE / CHOICEHOTELS.COM / INSERT & REMOVE Back: (diagram) / INSERT OR SWIPE KEY / [...] / PLI
Quality Inn Card Key, 2000-2010