<i>Julia</i> Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1969
name: label: maker
content: King Seeley Thermos
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This metal lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1969. The lunch box features imagery from Diahann Carroll’s hit TV series, <i>Julia</i> which aired from 1968-1971 on NBC. <i>Julia</i> was applauded for its depiction of African-American life in a suburban setting, and this lunch box is notable for being the first depiction of a black woman on a lunch box.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
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 Thermos L.L.C. (through T. H. Chang)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.3009.30.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2004.3009
label: catalog number
content: 2004.3009.30.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 11 cm x 19 cm; 8 7/8 in x 4 5/16 in x 7 1/2 in