Disco Lunch Box
Object Details
- Date made
- 1978
- maker
- Aladdin
- Description (Brief)
- This steel lunch box was made by Aladdin Industries in 1978. It has a metal clasp for hinged lid and collapsible orange plastic handle. The box has a maroon background with an orange rim, and pictures of images of couples dancing to disco on all exterior surfaces. This box tries to take advantage of the Disco dance craze popular in American in the late 19070s, which was at its peak in 1978, before the Chicago White Sox’s infamous Disco Demolition Night set off a backlash that made disco decidedly uncool.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- general subject association
- School Personal Equipment
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- Credit Line
- Gift of Aladdin Industries (through Lillian B. Jenkins)
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- 2003.3070.04.01
- nonaccession number
- 2003.3070
- catalog number
- 2003.3070.04.01
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- plastic (handle 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_1250074