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Lunch boxes and lunch pails have been used to carry lunches to school or work since the nineteenth century. The first lunch box came out in 1902 and was shaped like a picnic basket, with scenes of children playing on it. Today, most collectors want either early tobacco advertising boxes or children's lunch boxes made since the 1930s. These boxes are made of metal or plastic. Boxes listed here include the original Thermos bottle inside the box unless otherwise indicated. Movie, television, and cartoon characters may be found in their own categories. Tobacco tin pails and lunch boxes are listed in the Advertising category. 

 
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CategoryPattern or ItemDescriptionYear Priced
Lunch Boxes18 WheelerMetal, Aladdin, 19781997
Lunch Boxes3 Little Pigs19821995
Lunch Boxes6 Million Dollar ManMetal, Aladdin, 19752001
Lunch BoxesA-TeamKing Seeley Thermos Co., 19852008
Lunch BoxesA-teamMetal, King Seeley Thermos, 19851996
Lunch BoxesA-teamOrange, Plastic, Canadian Thermos Products, 1983, 8 x 10 x 5 In.2005
Lunch BoxesA-teamPapers, Unused, 19831995
Lunch BoxesABC TV Wide World Of Sports Yellow, Sports Pictures, c.1976, 131/4 In.2009
Lunch BoxesAction JacksonMetal, Ohio Art, 19732002
Lunch BoxesAdam 12Embossed, Aladdin, 19721999
Lunch BoxesAdam-1219721995
Lunch BoxesAdam-12Aladdin, 19732008
Lunch BoxesAdam-12Embossed, Aladdin, 19721998
Lunch BoxesAdam-12Metal, Aladdin, 19721996
Lunch BoxesAddams Family19641999
Lunch BoxesAddams FamilyCartoon Family On Vacation, Metal, King Seeley Thermos1998
Lunch BoxesAddams FamilyCartoon Family On Vacation, Metal, King Seeley Thermos, 19741998
Lunch BoxesAddams FamilyMetal, Aladdin, 19741996
Lunch BoxesAddams FamilyMetal, King Seeley Thermos Co., 19742006
Lunch BoxesAddams FamilyMetal, King Seeley Thermos, 19741999
Lunch BoxesAddams FamilyMetal, King Seeley Thermos, 19742001
Lunch BoxesAladdin Brunch BagWith Sea Creatures, Vinyl, 19751998
Lunch BoxesAlfCanadian Flicker, Red Plastic, Canadian Thermos Products Ltd., 19882003
Lunch BoxesAlice In WonderlandVinyl1995
Lunch BoxesAlice In WonderlandVinyl, Aladdin, 19741997
 

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