Campus Queen Lunch Box
Campus Queen Lunch Box
- Description (Brief)
- This Campus Queen steel lunch box was manufactured by King Seeley Thermos Company in 1967. This Campus Queen lunch box features a magnetic game kit on the back, taking you from study hall to the prom, with stops at the Soda Fountain, Movies, and Beauty parlor. This lunch box also has the distinction of being featured in the music video for Cyndi Lauper’s 1984 number one hit, “Time After Time.”
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Date made
- 1967
- maker
- King Seeley Thermos Company
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 23 cm x 19 cm x 19 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 2001.3087.13
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3087
- catalog number
- 2001.3087.13
- Credit Line
- Gift of D. Sean and Robin S. Brickell
- subject
- School Personal Equipment
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- Exhibition
- Taking America To Lunch
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Dawn Decerbo
Mon, 2019-04-15 08:53
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Mon, 2018-11-26 11:59
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Fri, 2018-08-31 08:01
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