School Box, 1971-1975
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Children often store pencils, crayons, paste, scissors, and other small school supplies in boxes kept in their desks or lockers. This box from the early 1970s contains colorful designs, fonts, and motifs -- toned-down versions from the counterculture and psychedelic art movements -- typical of the time. Other period references stress popular environmental issues, such as "Keep America Beautiful" and "Knock Out Litterbugs."
Children often store pencils, crayons, paste, scissors, and other small school supplies in boxes kept in their desks or lockers. This box from the early 1970s contains colorful designs, fonts, and motifs -- toned-down versions from the counterculture and psychedelic art movements -- typical of the time. Other period references stress popular environmental issues, such as "Keep America Beautiful" and "Knock Out Litterbugs."
Artifact
Box (Container)
Date Made
1971-1975
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.67.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Lisa Korzetz.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 2.375 in
Width: 8.75 in
Length: 5.313 in
Inscriptions
on top, front and proper left side: SCHOOL BOX on proper right side: NAME / SCHOOL / GRADE / TEACHER on bottom: KEEP AMERICAN BEAUTIFUL / KNOCOK OUT LITTERBUGS / IN THE CLASSROOM / TO AND FROM SCHOOL / IN THE PLAYGROUND / LEBANON PACKAGING CORPORATION / Div. MEM Company, Inc. / Made and Printed in USA / ITEM NO. 73N
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