Baseball Lunch Box
Baseball Lunch Box
- Description (Brief)
- This yellow metal lunch box was made by Thermos in 1968. It has a hinged lid and a single silver snap. The box features colorful scenes of baseball players in action on the lid and sides of the lunch box. The back has a magnetic playing field, and a scoreboard and playing instructions are located on the bottom. The inside has two "Spin the Arrow" baseball game packets, each with four magnetic markers to use as runners in the game.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Date made
- 1968
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (game material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22.5 cm x 18 cm x 10.5 cm; 8 7/8 in x 7 1/16 in x 4 1/8 in
- ID Number
- 2004.3009.04
- nonaccession number
- 2004.3009
- catalog number
- 2004.3009.04
- Credit Line
- Gift of Thermos L.L.C. (through T. H. Chang)
- subject
- School Personal Equipment
- 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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