Lunchbox and thermos featuring Diahann Carroll from the sitcom Julia
date: label: Date
content: 1969
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Thermos LLC, American, founded 1904
label: Designed by
content: Nick LoBianco, American
label: Subject of
content: Diahann Carroll, American, 1935 - 2019
label: Subject of
content: Betty Beaird, American, born 1935
label: Subject of
content: Marc Copage, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: Michael Link, American, born 1962
notes: label: Description
content: This is a lunchbox and thermos set printed with illustrations of actors from the sitcom "Julia" starring Diahann Carroll. The front of the lunchbox, i.e. the lid, has a green border and features the show logo, red block-text outlined in black reading [JULIA] in the top right corner. In the bottom right corner is an illustrated closely framed portrait of Carroll styled as the character Julia; her portrait is superimposed over a background image of two boys seated and reading at a table in an interior space. Repeated illustrated images of the actors from the show appear consistently on each face of the lunchbox. The thermos features a singular image wrapped around the cylinder in which Carroll wears a nurse's uniform and addresses a seated white man. The lunchbox has a green plastic handle. There is some rusting, mostly visible in the interior, and some chipping in the ink of the images, mostly visible on the exterior.
place: label: Place used
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Children
label: Topic
content: Cooking and dining
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Motherhood
label: Topic
content: Nursing
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Sitcoms
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Taking the Stage
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 054
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.108.13ab
objectType: label: Type
content: lunchboxes
label: Type
content: canteens (vessels)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1969 Savannah Productions. Inc
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2013.108.13a Lunchbox Closed): 7 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 4 in. (19.7 × 22.2 × 10.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2013.108.13a Lunchbox Open): 4 1/16 × 8 13/16 × 14 11/16 in. (10.3 × 22.4 × 37.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2013.108.13b Thermos): 6 5/8 × 4 × 3 3/16 in. (16.8 × 10.2 × 8.1 cm)