'Your BankAmericard welcome here:' Old sticker offers fascinating lesson about the history of credit cards

Take a good look at this shop’s window sticker. There’s something so familiar about it, yes? The colors and design, right? And the name? Bank of America, of course.

What we have here is an awesome relic of credit card history. This store in Rego Park, Queens, long ago accepted the BankAmericard. The credit card was introduced in 1958 by then San Francisc…