UFO Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1973
name: label: maker
content: King Seeley Thermos
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This metal lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1973. The lunch box has a blue rim and animated scenes of space life and travel on all sides. Due to the success of NASA and the popularity of <i>Star Wars</i> and <i>Star Trek</i>, companies tried to use space images to sell their products. This is an example of Thermos using generic “UFO” images to sell their lunch boxes.
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 Thermos L.L.C. (through T. H. Chang)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2004.3009.11
label: nonaccession number
content: 2004.3009
label: catalog number
content: 2004.3009.11
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 cm x 10 cm x 19 cm; 8 11/16 in x 3 15/16 in x 7 1/2 in