Star Trek: The Motion Picture Lunch Box: Museum Object and Cultural History
Star Trek: The Motion Picture Lunch Box: Date made: 1979. maker: King Seeley Thermos. Object Name: lunch box.
The object in the museum catalogue
This metal lunch box was manufactured by Thermos in 1979. The lunch box features cartoon images of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock on the front lid. The back shows the image of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy inside the USS Enterprise. Various show scenes along sides. White plastic handle and snap. This lunch box was based on Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the first Star Trek feature film released in 1979.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1979
- maker: King Seeley Thermos
- Object Name: lunch box
- Physical Description: tin (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 23 cm x 19 cm x 10 cm; 9 1/16 in x 7 1/2 in x 3 15/16 in
- general subject association: School Personal Equipment
- Subject: Movie
- ID Number: 2001.3099.08
- nonaccession number: 2001.3099
- catalog number: 2001.3099.08
- Credit Line: Gift of Joyce Darrell and Michael C. Dickerson
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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