<i>Fireball XL5</i> Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1964
name: label: maker
content: King Seeley Thermos
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This metal lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1964. It features images from the television show <i>Fireball XL5</i>, which ran on NBC from 1963-1965. <i>Fireball XL5</i> was filmed used Supermarionation, a combination of animation and puppetry that was made famous by the show’s creators, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. <i>Fireball XL5</i> was another television show that took advantage of the public’s fascination with space, as does this lunch box, with its various images of rockets and space ships.
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: Subject
content: Television
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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 Thermos L.L.C. (through T. H. Chang)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.3009.13.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2004.3009
label: catalog number
content: 2004.3009.13.01
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: 22.5 cm x 10 cm x 19 cm; 8 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in x 7 1/2 in