Dome Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1940s
name: label: maker
content: American Thermos Bottle Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This aluminum metal, dome lunch box was made by Thermos in the 1940s. The box has a steel handle, two snap closures, and vent holes. The box has a star stamped on the side of the lid. This box is typical of the metal domed boxes that were used before licensed boxes became commonplace.
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: Family & Social Life
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content: Lunch Boxes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Thermos L.L.C. (through T. H. Chang)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.3009.18
label: nonaccession number
content: 2004.3009
label: catalog number
content: 2004.3009.18
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 cm x 13 cm x 22 cm; 10 1/4 in x 5 1/8 in x 8 11/16 in