Porky's Lunch Wagon Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1959
name: label: maker
content: American Thermos Products Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This metal dome lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1959. The front of the box depicts Porky Pig’s lunch wagon serving food to other Looney Toons characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, and Elmer Fudd. The bottom of the box shows Bugs Bunny’s opening his own Burgers and Malts shop and stealing an enraged Porky’s Looney Toon customers by undercutting his price from a dime to a nickel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: Subject
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 Thermos L.L.C. (through T. H. Chang)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.3009.26
label: nonaccession number
content: 2004.3009
label: catalog number
content: 2004.3009.26
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 12.5 cm x 19 cm; 8 7/8 in x 4 15/16 in x 7 1/2 in