Roy Rogers Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1955
name: label: depicted
content: Rogers, Roy
label: depicted
content: Evans, Dale
label: maker
content: American Thermos Bottle Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This steel lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1955. The lunch box features images of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, who starred in <i>The Roy Rogers Show</i> from 1951-1957. Roy Rogers was Thermos’s first entry into the arena of officially licensed lunch box merchandise, and early Roy Rogers boxes sold over 2 million units.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Connecticut, Norwich
topic: label: general subject association
content: School Personal Equipment
label: Subject
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 D. Sean and Robin S. Brickell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.3087.03
label: nonaccession number
content: 2001.3087
label: catalog number
content: 2001.3087.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lunch box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22 cm x 18 cm x 9 cm; 8 11/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 3 9/16 in