Roy Rogers Lunch Box
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Object Details
- depicted
- Rogers, Roy
- Evans, Dale
- American Thermos Bottle Company
- Description (Brief)
- This steel lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1955. The lunch box features images of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, who starred in The Roy Rogers Show 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.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of D. Sean and Robin S. Brickell
- 1955
- ID Number
- 2001.3087.03
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3087
- catalog number
- 2001.3087.03
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 22 cm x 18 cm x 9 cm; 8 11/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 3 9/16 in
- Place Made
- United States: Connecticut, Norwich
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- School Personal Equipment
- Subject
- Television
- Record ID
- nmah_1196296
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-640e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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