Object Details
maker
King Seeley Thermos
ADCO Liberty Mfg. Corp.
Description (Brief)
This tin lunch box was made by ADCO Liberty Manufacturing Corporation and has a metal snap for a hinged lid and a collapsible metal handle. The lunch box features drawings from the television series The Lone Ranger on the lid and back, which ran from 1949-1957 on ABC. The front features the Lone Ranger uttering his trademark phrase “Hi-Yo Silver!,” and the back is both the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses, the Ranger saying “Hi-Yo Silver,” and Tonto saying “Get-em Up Scout!”
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Allan Woodall, Jr.
Date made
1954
ID Number
2001.3100.04
nonaccession number
2001.3100
catalog number
2001.3100.04
Object Name
lunch box
Physical Description
tin (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 23 cm x 18 cm x 9 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/16 in x 3 9/16 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
School Personal Equipment
depicted
Lone Ranger
general subject association
Television
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_892863