Hopalong Cassidy Lunch Box
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Object Details
- Aladdin
- Description (Brief)
- This heavy-gauge steel lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1950. It was the first lunch box to bear a licensed image, and helped Aladdin Industries launch a new product line that would last for decades. Hopalong Cassidy was a TV, radio, and comic series in 1950, and the frenzy for Hopalong Cassidy merchandise led to more than 100 companies manufacturing more than $70 million dollars worth of Hopalong Cassidy products, earning the star William Boyd more than $800,000 in 1950 alone.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Aladdin Industries (through Lillian B. Jenkins)
- 1950
- ID Number
- 2003.3070.07
- nonaccession number
- 2003.3070
- catalog number
- 2003.3070.07
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 19 cm x 8.5 cm; 8 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular 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
- Subject
- Television
- Record ID
- nmah_1250080
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-0467-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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