Lunchbox, The Lone Ranger, 1954

Summary

Generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes since they were first introduced in 1950. The Lone Ranger was a fictional character popular on radio and television, a masked cowboy who, with his horse Silver and his Native American friend Tonto, fought against injustice in the Wild West.

Generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite television shows on the sides of their school lunchboxes since they were first introduced in 1950. The Lone Ranger was a fictional character popular on radio and television, a masked cowboy who, with his horse Silver and his Native American friend Tonto, fought against injustice in the Wild West.

Artifact

Lunchbox

Date Made

1954

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

99.12.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal

Dimensions

Height: 6.75 in

Width: 8.75 in

Length: 3.75 in

Inscriptions

THE LONE RANGER / HI-YO SILVER! / T.L.R. / INC. / GET-UM UP/SCOUT! / THIS LONE RANGER'S PARDNER IS... / A PRODUCT OF / ADCO-LIBERTY MFG.CORP. / NEWARK, NJ. U.S.A.

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