<i>Tom Corbett, Space Cadet</i> Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1954
name: label: maker
content: Aladdin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This steel lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1954. As one of the earliest metal lunch boxes, it served as a template for future designs with large colorful images of licensed fictional characters. This box features images from <i>Tom Corbett, Space Cadet</i>, a television show that aired on all four major networks from 1950-1955. <i>Tom Corbett, Space Cadet</i> also appeared as a book series, comic strip, and radio program. The back of the box features a diagram on the solar system, complete with distances from earth.
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: general subject association
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 Aladdin Industries (through Lillian B. Jenkins)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.3070.18.01
label: catalog number
content: 2003.3070.18.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2003.3070
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 cm x 9 cm x 9.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 3 9/16 in x 3 3/4 in