Swanson TV Dinner Tray
name: label: maker
content: Swanson Company
notes: label: Description
content: The TV dinner represented a change in the way Americans were thinking about food. Introduced in 1954 by Swanson & Sons, of Omaha, Nebraska, it offered women--more and more of whom were working outside the home but still assumed to be responsible for cooking--an alternative to time-consuming meal preparations. The prepackaged TV dinner appealed to busy families because it required little time or effort and yet provided a well-balanced, nutritious meal.
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Nebraska, Omaha
label: referenced
content: United States: Nebraska
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content: Work and Industry: Food Technology
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content: Food
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content: National Treasures exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: Food: Transforming the American Table
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Campbell Soup Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0265.01
label: accession number
content: 1987.0265
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0265.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: TV dinner tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 9 in x 3/4 in; 17.78 cm x 22.86 cm x 1.905 cm