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Collected for nmah:
Smithsonian Institution  Search this
Maker:
Aladdin  Search this
Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 in x 4 in; 20.955 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm
Object Name:
lunch box
lunch box w/ thermos
Date made:
1968
Description (Brief):
This metal lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1968, and includes a thermos bottle. The lunch box features imagery from <i>Land of the Giants</i>, a television show that ran on ABC from 1968-1970. The show was produced by Irwin Allen, known for other science fiction and adventure classics like <i>Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea</i>, <i>Lost in Space</i>, and <i>The Time Tunnel</i>. This show centered around the adventures of the crew of the spacecraft <i>Spindrift</i>, marooned on an alien planet whose residents, while humanoid, were 72 feet tall.
Location:
Currently not on view
General subject association:
School Personal Equipment  Search this
Television  Search this
Subject:
Motion Pictures  Search this
Related Publication:
Allen Woodall and Sean Brickell. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Metal Lunch Boxes
ID Number:
1988.3160.59
Catalog number:
1988.3160.59
Nonaccession number:
1988.3160
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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
Popular Entertainment
Family & Social Life
Lunch Boxes
Movie Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-fb96-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1054229