Disco Lunch Box
date: label: Date made
content: 1978
name: label: maker
content: Aladdin
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This steel lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1978. It has a metal clasp for hinged lid and collapsible orange plastic handle. The box has a maroon background with an orange rim, and pictures of images of couples dancing to disco on all exterior surfaces. This box tries to take advantage of the Disco dance craze popular in American in the late 19070s, which was at its peak in 1978, before the Chicago White Sox’s infamous Disco Demolition Night set off a backlash that made disco decidedly uncool.
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 Aladdin Industries (through Lillian B. Jenkins)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.3070.04.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2003.3070
label: catalog number
content: 2003.3070.04.01
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: 21 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm; 8 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in