KFC Family Bucket

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Description

This is a Kentucky Fried Chicken family bucket used in KFC restaurants around 1969. The bucket bears the trademark image of Harland Sanders in his Colonel Sanders outfit—white suit and black string tie—as well as the copyrighted tagline “it’s finger lickin’ good.” The KFC Chicken bucket was first created in 1957 by Sanders and his first franchisee, Pete Harman. It contained 15 pieces of chicken, a pint of gravy, and biscuits. The idea was sold as a way for housewives to escape the kitchen dinner and still prepare a great dinner, merely needing to add a salad and a vegetable for a balanced meal.

Credit Line

Gift of Kentucky Fried Chicken

date made

1969

ID Number

2014.0120.02

catalog number

2014.0120.02

accession number

2014.0120

Object Name

food bucket

Physical Description

cardboard (overall material)

white (overall color)

red (overall color)

brown (overall color)

Measurements

overall: 8 in x 8 3/4 in; 20.32 cm x 22.225 cm

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Exhibition

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

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