Lunch Boxes

The lunch box has most often been used by schoolchildren to take packed lunches, or a snack, from home to school. The most common modern form is a small case with a clasp and handle, often printed with a colorful image that can either be generic or based on children’s television shows or films. Use of lithographed metal to produce lunch boxes in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s gave way in the 1990s to use of injection-molded plastic.

3 Comments to Lunch Boxes

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   i still have my He-Man metal lunch box from 1st grade, even have the thermos but not the cap/cup for it. it has about 20 match box cars from around the same time in it too.
JuggNuttz on April 29th, 2011
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   Am I the only one who laughed while reading the description of “lunch box”?… lol
Suze on April 29th, 2011
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   It was kind of like listening to someone from 100 years from now describe it on a museum tour.
Bob on May 13th, 2011

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