Lunchbox & Thermos, Sesame Street, 1983
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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. Sesame Street, featuring favorite characters Bert and Ernie, is the long-running children's television show that was the first to use educational goals and curriculum to shape its content.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Lunchbox
Date Made
1983
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
99.12.17
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Dimensions
Height: 7.25 in (lunchbox)
Width: 8 in (lunchbox)
Length: 3.75 in (lunchbox)
Height: 6 in (thermos)
Diameter: 3.375 in (thermos)
Height: 1.75 in (cup)
Diameter: 3.313 in (cup)
Height: 1.25 in (stopper)
Diameter: 2.875 in (stopper)
Inscriptions
lunchbox: SESAME STREET / ALADDDIN INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED; / NASHVILLE, TENN.,U.S.A.37210 / 1983 Muppers, Inc.All Rights Reserved 1983 Children's Television Workshop
thermos:THE SEASONS OF / SESAME STREET / Aladdin / KEEPS HOT...KEEPS COLD / PATENT INFORMATION ON REQUEST / STOPPER NO37 CUP / NO.112/CAPACITY APPROX. 8 U.S. OUNCES (227 ml.) / ALLADIN INDUSTRIES, INC.NASHVILLE, TENN. 37210 U.S.A.
cup:Aladdin
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