Red Sports Lunch Box
Red Sports Lunch Box
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- Description (Brief)
- This red, rectangular lunch pail is made of steel and has two handles which are attached to each side and pivot up and down. There are white and black illustrations of children playing various activities like football, baseball, roller skating and cycling. The pail was made by Deco Ware around 1931.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Date made
- 1931
- maker
- Decoware
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 cm x 13 cm x 20 cm; 4 5/16 in x 5 1/8 in x 7 7/8 in
- ID Number
- 2004.3056.01
- nonaccession number
- 2004.3056
- catalog number
- 2004.3056.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Carole Wells
- subject
- School Personal Equipment
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Lunch Boxes
- Family & Social Life
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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