Captain Astro Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1966
name: label: maker
content: Ohio Art Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tin lunch box was manufactured by the Ohio Art Company in 1966. The box has a metal snap, a hinged lid and a collapsible green, plastic handle. The artwork on the box features colorful space scenes of two astronauts explore an alien landscape, and the text "Captain Astro," on the lid and sides. “Captain Astro” is a generic title, and not a licensed character. It seems that Ohio Art Company could not afford to license expensive television shows or movies, but still managed to take advantage of the space craze with this colorful box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: depicted
content: Captain Astro
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
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: 2001.3100.02
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3100
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3100.02
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 10 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in