Lunchbox & Thermos, Hopalong Cassidy, 1950
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The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows, movies, and celebrities on the sides of their school lunchboxes. The Hopalong Cassidy lunchbox was a hit for Aladdin Industries, with unit sales increasing in just one year from 50,000 to 600,000.
The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows, movies, and celebrities on the sides of their school lunchboxes. The Hopalong Cassidy lunchbox was a hit for Aladdin Industries, with unit sales increasing in just one year from 50,000 to 600,000.
Artifact
Lunchbox
Date Made
1950
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
99.12.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Glass (Material)
Rubber (Material)
Dimensions
Height: 7.25 in (Lunchbox)
Width: 8 in (Lunchbox)
Length: 3.375 in (Lunchbox)
Height: 5.75 in (Thermos)
Diameter: 3.25 in (Thermos)
Inscriptions
Lunchbox: HOPALONG CASSIDY / WILLIAM BOYD, LTD. / ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED; NASHVILLE, TENN., U.S.A. Stopper: GOODYEAR/ Aladdin's Sweet-Seal Stopper Thermos: HOPALONG CASSIDY / MADE BY ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, NASHVILLE, TENN. U.S.A.
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