Swanson TV Dinner Tray
Swanson TV Dinner Tray
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- Description
- The TV dinner represented a change in the way Americans were thinking about food. Introduced in 1954 by Swanson & Sons, of Omaha, Nebraska, it offered women--more and more of whom were working outside the home but still assumed to be responsible for cooking--an alternative to time-consuming meal preparations. The prepackaged TV dinner appealed to busy families because it required little time or effort and yet provided a well-balanced, nutritious meal.
- Object Name
- TV dinner tray
- maker
- Swanson Company
- referenced
- United States: Nebraska, Omaha
- United States: Nebraska
- Physical Description
- aluminum (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 9 in x 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- 1987.0265.01
- accession number
- 1987.0265
- catalog number
- 1987.0265.01
- Credit Line
- Campbell Soup Company
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Food Technology
- National Treasures exhibit
- Food
- Exhibition
- Food: Transforming the American Table
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Charlene M Rice
Mon, 2017-09-11 11:20