Skateboarders Lunch Box
Object Details
- Date made
- 1978
- maker
- Aladdin Industries
- Description (Brief)
- This tin lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1978. The lunch box is entitled, "The Skateboarder," and features colorful scenes of skateboarders in action on all exterior surfaces. This lunch box was one of the few that did not feature licensed images from television, and instead tried to cash in on the growing popularity of skateboarding.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- general subject association
- School Personal Equipment
- Subject
- Sports
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- Credit Line
- Gift of D. Sean and Robin S. Brickell
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2001.3087.25
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3087
- catalog number
- 2001.3087.25
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 20 cm x 10 cm; 8 1/4 in x 7 7/8 in x 3 15/16 in
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_1196318
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