Lunchboxes offer a time capsule of American pop culture, featuring cartoon characters, bands, movies and TV shows. Aladdin Industries came out with this "Incredible Hulk" lunchbox in 1978 when the TV series with Lou Ferrigno was popular.
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Lunchboxes offer a time capsule of American pop culture, featuring cartoon characters, bands, movies and TV shows. Aladdin Industries came out with this "Incredible Hulk" lunchbox in 1978 when the TV series with Lou Ferrigno was popular.
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Thermos produced this Kermit the Frog lunchbox in 1979.
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Thermos produced this Kermit the Frog lunchbox in 1979.
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This Superman metal lunchbox from Thermos arrived in 1967. The classic metal lunchbox era ended with concerns that pieces of metal would be used as weapons.
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This Superman metal lunchbox from Thermos arrived in 1967. The classic metal lunchbox era ended with concerns that pieces of metal would be used as weapons.
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This "Hopalong Cassidy" lunchbox from 1950 was popular among schoolkids in the postwar years. It's usually cited as the first television tie-in with the lunchbox industry.
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This "Hopalong Cassidy" lunchbox from 1950 was popular among schoolkids in the postwar years. It's usually cited as the first television tie-in with the lunchbox industry.
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This "Dukes of Hazzard" lunchbox in 1980 from Aladdin rode the wave of the TV series' popularity.
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This "Dukes of Hazzard" lunchbox in 1980 from Aladdin rode the wave of the TV series' popularity.
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Thermos delivered this G.I. Joe lunchbox in 1967.
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Thermos delivered this G.I. Joe lunchbox in 1967.
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The Lunchbox Museum in Columbus, Georgia, claims to have the largest collection of school lunchboxes in the world, with some 2,000 pieces on display.
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The Lunchbox Museum in Columbus, Georgia, claims to have the largest collection of school lunchboxes in the world, with some 2,000 pieces on display.
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Allen Woodall Jr. founded the Lunchbox Museum in 1990. Lunchboxes "really bring back a lot of great memories to a lot of people," he says.
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Allen Woodall Jr. founded the Lunchbox Museum in 1990. Lunchboxes "really bring back a lot of great memories to a lot of people," he says.
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