<i>Julia</i> Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1969
name: label: collected for nmah
content: Smithsonian Institution
label: maker
content: 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 one of the first depictions of a black woman on a commerically-available lunch box.
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
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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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Allen Woodall and Sean Brickell. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Metal Lunch Boxes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3160.37
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3160
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3160.37
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/4 in x 8 3/4 in x 4 in; 18.415 cm x 22.225 cm x 10.16 cm