Workers Ornamental Lunch Box

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Description (Brief):

This domed, tin lunch box was made around 1950, but has an unknown maker. The box has two metal snaps for a hinged lid and a spiraled wire hinged handle. There is a silver design with red outlined rosettes and green outlined scallops on the lid and sides.

Date Made: ca 1950

Location: Currently not on view

General Subject Association: School Personal Equipment

Subject:

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment, Family & Social Life, Lunch Boxes

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2001.3101.17Nonaccession Number: 2001.3101Catalog Number: 2001.3101.17

Object Name: lunch box

Physical Description: tin (overall material)Measurements: overall: 27 cm x 20 cm x 13 cm; 10 5/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-6aa9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_892887

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