Lunchbox & Thermos, Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, 1954
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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 on the sides of their school lunchboxes. Tom Corbett was a character from the Tom Corbett: Space Cadet book series, who was depicted in radio, television, and comics in the 1950s.
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 on the sides of their school lunchboxes. Tom Corbett was a character from the Tom Corbett: Space Cadet book series, who was depicted in radio, television, and comics in the 1950s.
Artifact
Lunchbox
Date Made
1954
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Your Place in Time
Object ID
99.12.5
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Glass (Material)
Dimensions
Height: 7.25 in (lunchbox)
Width: 8 in (lunchbox)
Length: 3.75 in (lunchbox)
Height: 5.625 in (thermos)
Diameter: 3.25 in (thermos)
Inscriptions
TOM CORBETT / SPACE CADET / ROCKHILL RADIO 1954 MADE BY ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, NASHVILLE, TENN. U.S.A. | thermos:USE / No. 01 / REPLACEMENT / FILLER
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