Miner’s Lunch Pail

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Description:

Walter Rothacker owned this lunch pail that he used in the coal mines of Minersville, Pennsylvania during the mid 20th century. Miner’s lunch pails often held multiple compartments so that the miner could take multiple meals as well as water with him into the mine.

Date Made: 1930

See more items in: Work and Industry: Mining, Work, Industry & Manufacturing, American Enterprise

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Walter Rothacker

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: AG.MHI-MN-9524Catalog Number: MHI-MN-9524Accession Number: 277982

Object Name: miner's lunch pail

Physical Description: metal (overall material)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e1d3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_872235

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