<i>Hopalong Cassidy</i> Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1950
name: label: depicted (sitter)
content: Boyd, William
label: maker
content: Aladdin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tin lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1950. The <i>Hopalong Cassidy</i> box has a metal snap for a hinged lid and a collapsible, metal handle. It was the first lunch box to bear a licensed image, and helped Aladdin Industries launch a new product line that would last for decades. <i>Hopalong Cassidy</i> was a TV, radio, and comic series in the 1950s, and the frenzy for Hopalong Cassidy merchandise led to more than 100 companies manufacturing more than $70 million dollars worth of Hopalong Cassidy products.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Lunch Boxes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3101.08.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3101
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3101.08.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: enamel paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (decal material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 19 cm x 9 cm; 8 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in