Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Lunch Box
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Lunch Box
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- Description (Brief)
- This tin lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1954. As one of the earliest metal lunch boxes, it served as a template for future designs with large colorful images of licensed fictional characters. This box features images from Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, a television show that aired on all four major networks from 1950-1955. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet also appeared as a book series, comic strip, and radio program.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Date made
- 1954
- 1952
- maker
- Aladdin
- Physical Description
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm; 8 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in
- ID Number
- 2001.3101.02.01
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3101
- catalog number
- 2001.3101.02.01
- subject
- School Personal Equipment
- Television
- Television
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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