Joe Palooka Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1948
name: label: maker
content: Cheinco, Chein Industries
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tin lunch box was manufactured by Cheinco in 1948. The box has a removable lid and two blue and brown, hinged metal handles. The box features colorful action scenes and portrait drawings from the cartoon series, "Joe Palooka," on the lid and sides. The lid describes the box as a “Joe Palooka Lunch Kit.” Joe Palooka was created in 1930 by Ham Fisher, and ran as a strip until 1984. Joe Palooka was also made into a radio series, feature films, shots, and television series.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: depicted
content: Joe Palooka
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: 2001.3100.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3100
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3100.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 cm x 14 cm x 10 cm; 7 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in