Lunchbox with Space Theme, 1963
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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 interests on the sides of their school lunchboxes. The 1960s were an age of space exploration, beginning with the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957 through the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon in 1969.
The first pictorial lunchboxes, introduced in 1950, featured Hopalong Cassidy. Since then, generations of children have proudly sported pictorial images of their favorite interests on the sides of their school lunchboxes. The 1960s were an age of space exploration, beginning with the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik in 1957 through the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon in 1969.
Artifact
Lunchbox
Date Made
1963
Subject Date
1963
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Your Place in Time
Object ID
99.12.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 8.75 in
Length: 3.875 in
Inscriptions
lunchbox:1963 KING-SEELEY THERMOS CO | A PRODUCT / BY / THERMOS A THERMOS brand PRODUCT thermos: 10-OZ. SIZE / HOLTEMP / CUP 22A63 / STOPPER 722 / FILLER 20F | THERMOS DIVISION-KING-SEELEY KST THERMOS CO. NORWICH, CONN. U.S.A. / A BRAND OF VACUUM BOTTLE BY THERMOS / BOTTLE No. 2056 / 1963 KING-SEELEY THERMOS CO.
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