Disney School Bus Dome Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1961
name: label: referenced
content: Walt Disney Company
label: maker
content: Aladdin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This domed, tin lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1961. It has two metal snaps for a hinged lid and a collapsible, yellow plastic handle. The box is in the shape of a school bus , and colorful portraits of Disney characters like Minnie, Mickey, Goofy, Pinocchio, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck line the windows of the bus. Its eye-catching appearance made it the most popular lunch box ever, selling over 9 million units.
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: 2001.3101.15.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3101
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3101.15.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 cm x 19 cm x 13 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 1/8 in