Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1954
name: label: depicted
content: Rogers, Roy
label: depicted
content: Evans, Dale
label: maker
content: American Thermos Bottle Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This metal lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1954, and it came with an aluminum thermos. This Roy Rogers and Dale Evans lunch box features an image on front lid of Dale in a red dress, greeting Roy on his horse Trigger at gate of the "DOUBLE R BAR RANCH". The back has a wood grain print with "RR" brand and name for box owner on the back, 2 vent slots. This was one Thermos’s first entries into the market of licensed lunch boxes, as a response to Aladdin’s Hopalong Cassidy box.
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: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Lunch Boxes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joyce Darrell and Michael C. Dickerson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3099.07.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3099
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3099.07.01
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