Lunch Boxes
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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Category Pattern or Item Description Year Priced Lunch Boxes Marvel Comics Super Heroes Metal, Thermos, Aladdin, 1976 2010 Lunch Boxes Munsters Riding In Car, Tin, Kayro-Vue Productions, 1965, 7 x 8 3/4 x 4 In. 2010 Lunch Boxes My Little Pony Ponies, Rainbow, Pink, Plastic, Thermos, Aladdin, 1986 2010 Lunch Boxes Tarzan Fighting Lion, Tin, Thermos, Aladdin Industries, 1966, 7 x 8 x 4 In. 2010 Lunch Boxes Tom Corbet Space Cadet, Blue, Tin, Aladdin Industries, 7 x 8 x 3 3/4 In. 2010 Lunch Boxes Wayne Gretzky Blue, Plastic, Thermos, Aladdin, 1980s, 2010 Lunch Boxes Wee Pals Kid Power, Plastic Thermos, King Features, American Thermos, 1974, 2010 Lunch Boxes World Of Dr. Seuss Cat In Hat Juggling, Blue, Vinyl, Thermos, Aladdin, 1970 2010 Lunch Boxes Wrinkles Red, Plastic, Thermos, Ganz Brothers, 1984, 2010 Lunch Boxes ABC TV Wide World Of Sports Yellow, Sports Pictures, c.1976, 131/4 In. 2009 Lunch Boxes Astronaut Dome, American Thermos Co., 1960 2009 Lunch Boxes Banana Splits White, Vinyl, Hanna-Barbera, King Seeley, 1969 2009 Lunch Boxes Beatles Aladdin, 1965, 2009 Lunch Boxes Bread Loaf Dome Top, Metal, Graphics, Aladdin, 1968 2009 Lunch Boxes Bullwinkle Vinyl, King Seeley, 1963 2009 Lunch Boxes Cabbage Patch Kids Plastic, King Seeley, c.1983 2009 Lunch Boxes Campbell Kids Metal, Ohio Art, 1975 2009 Lunch Boxes Casper The Friendly Ghost Vinyl, King Seeley, 1966 2009 Lunch Boxes Chuck Wagon Dome Top, Steel, Aladdin, 1958-60 2009 Lunch Boxes Dawn White, Vinyl, Aladdin, 1970 2009 Lunch Boxes Dutch Cottage Domed, Steel, American Thermos Products, 1958 2009 Lunch Boxes Dynomutt Metal, King Seeley, 1976 2009 Lunch Boxes E.T. Metal, Aladdin, 1982 2009 Lunch Boxes Empire Strikes Back King Seeley, 1980, 2009 Lunch Boxes Fall Guy Metal, Aladdin, 1981 2009
