Campbell's Tomato Soup Thermos

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Object Details

maker

Aladdin

Description (Brief)

This metal, glass and plastic thermos bottle was made by Aladdin in 1973. It has a screw-on red cup lid and screw-on red stopper. The thermos is a replica of the red and white Campbell's Tomato soup can design. This thermos accompanies Aladdin's pop art bread loaf dome lunch box, object number 2001.3101.16. Andy Warhol’s Campbell Soup Can paintings, created in 1962, had permeated popular culture at this point, and this thermos may be a take on those paintings.

Credit Line

Gift of Aladdin Industries (through Lillian B. Jenkins)

Date made

1973

ID Number

2003.3070.34

nonaccession number

2003.3070

catalog number

2003.3070.34

Object Name

bottle

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

glass (overall material)

plastic (lid material)

Measurements

overall: 17 cm x 8 cm; 6 11/16 in x 3 1/8 in

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Culture and the Arts: Entertainment

Popular Entertainment

Family & Social Life

Lunch Boxes

Exhibition

Taking America To Lunch

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source