Object Details
- collected for nmah
- Smithsonian Institution
- Aladdin
- Description (Brief)
- This metal lunch box was manufactured by Aladdin Industries in 1972. The lunch box features imagery based on the annually televised Miss America Pageant. Originally a beauty pageant when it began in 1921, the Miss America Pageant became a “scholarship pageant” over the years, offering its first scholastic financial aid in 1945. The Miss America Pageant is now the world’s largest provider of scholarships for young women, making $45 million dollars available in scholarships on a yearly basis.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- 1972
- ID Number
- 1988.3160.63
- nonaccession number
- 1988.3160
- catalog number
- 1988.3160.63
- Object Name
- lunch box
- Physical Description
- paint (overall material)
- chrome plating (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 1/2 in x 8 in x 4 in; 19.05 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_892865
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-299a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
