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Lunchbox & Thermos, Davy Crockett, 1955

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THF92295 / Lunchbox & Thermos, Davy Crockett, 1955
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Artifact Overview

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. The Ballad of Davy Crockett, a television miniseries produced by Disney in 1955, made the celebrated 19th-century frontiersman and politician a household name and popularized the coonskin cap.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Lunchbox

Date Made

1955

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

99.12.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Plastic
Glass (Material)

Dimensions

Height: 6.75 in (lunchbox)
Width: 8.75 in (lunchbox)
Length: 3.75 in (lunchbox)
Height: 7.5 in (thermos with stopper)
Diameter: 3.125 in (thermos)
Height: 2.5 in (cup)
Diameter: 2.875 in (cup)

Inscriptions

lunchbox:Holtemp / DAVY CROCKETT / A PRODUCT OF/ THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO. / NORWICH, CONN. U.S.A. thermos:A PRODUCT OF / THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE CO. / NO. / 2066 / HOLTEMP / REG. U.S. PAT.OFF / VACUUM BOTTLE / FILLER NO. / 20.F / NORWICH,CONN. / MADE IN U.S. OF AMERICA stopper:POLLY RED-TOP
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