Barbie Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1990s
name: label: maker
content: Thermos Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tin lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in the 1990s. The lunch box is licensed by Barbie, although the typical Barbie image does not appear on the box. Pink, green and yellow drawings of Barbie dolls are on the front and back and floral patterns are on the lid and back. Barbie was originally invented in 1959 by Ruth Handler, and the Mattel Corporation has sold over a billion Barbie dolls world wide since that time.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: Subject
content: Toys
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of D. Sean and Robin S. Brickell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3087.37.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3087
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3087.37.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm; 8 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in