Object Details
- collected for nmah
- Smithsonian Institution
- Aladdin
- Description (Brief)
- This metal lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1967. The lunch box features images from the cartoon serial, Dick Tracy. Dick Tracy is depicted speaking into his two-way wristwatch radio, a 1946 addition to the comic strip that became the Tracy’s signature device and captured the imagination of children everywhere.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1967
- ID Number
- 1988.3160.46
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3160
- catalog number
- 1988.3160.46
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- paint, enamel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/4 in x 8 in x 4 in; 20.955 cm x 20.32 cm x 10.16 cm
- Related Publication
- Allen Woodall and Sean Brickell. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Metal Lunch Boxes
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Lunch Boxes
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- School Personal Equipment
- Subject
- Television
- Record ID
- nmah_892847
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-34b2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
