Gene Autry Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1954
name: label: depicted
content: Autry, Gene
label: maker
content: Aladdin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tin lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1954. It features a picture of Gene Autry riding a bucking horse, and the back of the box features a tan and white design to resemble a cowhide. Autry was known as “The Singing Cowboy,” performing in radio, movies, and television from the 1930s to 1960s, becoming most famous for such songs as “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” and “Frosty the Snowman.”
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
label: Exhibition
content: Taking America To Lunch
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Allan Woodall, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3100.10
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3100
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3100.10
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 9 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 9/16 in