Folding Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1880s
label: patent date
content: 1871-06-06
name: label: patentee
content: Moore, Charles C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This tin-plated iron lunch box was patented in 1871 by Charles C. Moore. The box folds in flat on itself. The lunch box has a black and red plaid exterior, and the top is adorned with the text “Moore’s Patented Folding Lunch Box.” About three inches tall in its box form; it collapses down to less than half an inch when folded.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Lunch Boxes
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Google and the U.S. Patent Office. Google Patents
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: 2001.3087.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3087
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3087.01
label: patent number
content: 115764
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Box
label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.5 cm x 10.5 cm x 1 cm; 6 7/8 in x 4 1/8 in x 3/8 in