"Star Trek" Lunchbox, 1968
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Generations of children have proudly sported pictorial lunchboxes of their favorite television shows since they were first introduced in 1950. Star Trek featured the interstellar adventures of the USS Enterprise, Captain James T. Kirk, and his crew "to boldly go where no man has gone before." The original Star Trek shows and subsequent series have developed a cult-like following by "Trekkies."
Generations of children have proudly sported pictorial lunchboxes of their favorite television shows since they were first introduced in 1950. Star Trek featured the interstellar adventures of the USS Enterprise, Captain James T. Kirk, and his crew "to boldly go where no man has gone before." The original Star Trek shows and subsequent series have developed a cult-like following by "Trekkies."
Artifact
Lunchbox
Date Made
1968
On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Your Place in Time
Object ID
99.12.8
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 7 in
Width: 9 in
Length: 4.75 in
Inscriptions
on front of lunchbox: STAR TREK / 1968 PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP. / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / ALADDIN INDUSTRIES, NASHVILLE, TENN. U.S.A.
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