El Chapulin Colorado Lunch Box
Object Details
- Date made
- 1979
- maker
- Aladdin Industries
- Description (Brief)
- This tin lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1979. The lunch box has a red and blue design depicting scenes from the television series, El Chapulin Colorado. El Chapulin Colorado (The Red Grasshopper) ran from 1972-1979 on the Mexican station Televisa. Originally created in Mexico, the show was popular in Latin America and the United Sates, and is credited as inspiring the character of Bumblebee Man from the Simpsons.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- general subject association
- School Personal Equipment
- Subject
- Television
- general subject association
- Television
- 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
- 2001.3087.28
- nonaccession number
- 2001.3087
- catalog number
- 2001.3087.28
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- tin (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 21 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm; 8 1/4 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in
- Record ID
- nmah_1196323
