Object Details
- Ohio Art Company
- Description (Brief)
- This lunch box is a domed, tin lunch box with two metal snaps for a hinged lid and a collapsible beige plastic handle. The box has a colorful floral design over a black background.
- Description
- The “Mod Tulip” lunchbox was offered to consumers by the Ohio Art Company in 1962. Metal with a domed lid, the pail features a striking pattern of bright pop-art inspired flowers on a black background, a look that anticipates the decades’ embrace of psychedelic “flower power” imagery.
- While lunch pails have been used by working people and school children since before the turn of the 20th century, it wasn’t until the 1950s that they became commonly employed as accessories to express one’s interests or personality. At the time of its release, the “Mod Tulip” would have been seen as trendy and stylish.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Allan Woodall, Jr.
- 1962
- ca 1962
- ID Number
- 2001.3100.07
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3100
- catalog number
- 2001.3100.07
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 27 cm x 22 cm x 14 cm; 10 5/8 in x 8 11/16 in x 5 1/2 in
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- Exhibition
- Taking America To Lunch
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- School Personal Equipment
- Record ID
- nmah_1196966
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-60f3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
