Wheaties box inscribed to Carl Lewis by Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An orange cardboard box for Wheaties cereal featuring track and field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The photograph used depicts her mid jump wearing a red running outfit and white shoes with blue stripes. Joyner-Kersee has written a note to Carl Lewis and signed the front of the box near her picture. The box is housed in black frame.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2004
• Owned by: Carl Lewis, American, born 1961
• Manufactured by: General Mills Inc., American, founded 1866
• Subject of: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American, born 1962
• Signed by: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American, born 1962
• Type: containers
• Medium: cardboard, glass, wood
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Frame): 16 7/8 x 13 3/8 x 4 in. (42.9 x 34 x 10.2 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Wheaties Box): 11 × 8 × 2 1/2 in. (27.9 × 20.3 × 6.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Athletes
• Topic: Sports
• Topic: Track and field
• Object number: 2013.126.48
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Carl Lewis Estate
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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