Lunchbox & Thermos, The Astronauts, 1969
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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 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 Details
Artifact
Lunchbox
Date Made
1969
Subject Date
1969
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Henry Ford Museum in Your Place in Time
Object ID
99.12.9
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Glass (Material)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in (lunchbox)
Width: 8 in (lunchbox)
Length: 3.75 in (lunchbox)
Height: 6.25 in (thermos without cup)
Diameter: 3.375 in (thermos)
Height: 1.625 in (cup)
Diameter: 3 in (cup)
Height: 1.375 in (stopper)
Diameter: 2.25 in (stopper)
Inscriptions
lunchbox:THE / ASTRONAUTS / ALADDIN INDUSTRIES INCORPORATED NASHVILLE, TENN. U.S.A.
HERE MEN FROM THE PLANET EARTH / FIRST SET FOOT UPON THE MOON / JULY 1969,A.D. / WE CAME IN PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND / NEIL A. ARMSTRONG / ASTRONAUT / MICHAEL
COLLINS / ASTRONAUT / EDWIN E.ALDRIN, JR. / ASTRONAUT / RICHARD NIXON / PRESIDENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
inside lunchbox paper label:This Kit is the property of / FRED HAYES / 20 ALTADENA DR. / PITTSBURGH 15228 / "SAFETY FIRST" is an important rule...
thermos:Aladdin / TO REMOVE FILLER TURN / PATENT / INFORMATION / ON / REQUEST / TIGHTEN BASE SECURELY / STOPPER NO.30 / FILLER NO.DIC-CUP NO.113 / HALF PINT
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