Skateboarders Lunch Box
Skateboarders Lunch Box
- Description (Brief)
- This tin lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1978. The lunch box is entitled, "The Skateboarder," and features colorful scenes of skateboarders in action on all exterior surfaces. This lunch box was one of the few that did not feature licensed images from television, and instead tried to cash in on the growing popularity of skateboarding.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Date made
- 1978
- maker
- Aladdin Industries
- Physical Description
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm; 8 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 2001.3087.25
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3087
- catalog number
- 2001.3087.25
- Credit Line
- Gift of D. Sean and Robin S. Brickell
- subject
- School Personal Equipment
- Sports
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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