Daniel Boone Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1956
name: label: maker
content: Aladdin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This steel lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1956. The lunch box features an image of Daniel Boone fighting a group of Native Americans on one side, and shooting a charging bear on the other. Both Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett became very popular characters in the mid-20th century due to their television shows, and coonskin caps became a rage among young children.
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: Subject
content: History
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
label: Exhibition
content: Taking America To Lunch
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Aladdin Industries (through Lillian B. Jenkins)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.3070.03.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2003.3070
label: catalog number
content: 2003.3070.03.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (handle material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.5 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm; 8 1/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in