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September 2, 2011 By 3 Comments

Vintage Lunchboxes at the Museum of American History

Yesterday, I showed you a bunch of fun pop culture items that are on display in the Smithsonian museums in Washington, DC. The catalyst that got me to head downtown was a Facebook post that the Smithsonian put up showing off a display of vintage lunchboxes. Check out the post here.

After touring the entire museum, I was stumped, because the lunchboxes were nowhere to be found. I finally traded in my man card and asked for help. The lady at the desk knew right away where to point me — down two flights of stairs, in the cafeteria. I didn’t realize that floor was even open to the public since it’s not quite as snazzy as the rest of place, but we went on down, and this is what we found…

vintage lunchboxes at the American history Museum

vintage lunchboxes at the American history Museum

If you clicked that link above, you’ll realize why I was a bit underwhelmed. This display was literally in the cafeteria line, and it was glass on both sides, which makes any photos look pretty crummy. Despite all that, it was fun to see all these lunchboxes, some of which I have in my personal collection. I can’t imagine David Hasselhoff would have too many reasons to show up in the Smithsonian, but he was represented here on the Knight Rider lunchbox.

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  1. jboypacman says

    September 2, 2011 at 9:27 pm

    I would like to have those in my house please lol.

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  2. Christopher Noon says

    September 3, 2011 at 5:36 am

    YOU ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS?!?!? For shame. 🙂

    Cool collection to see, though. It’s a shame that it was displayed like that – kind of reminds me of those “museum” displays at the airport.

    Nevertheless, neat lunchboxes!

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  3. greatestcollectibles.com says

    September 22, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    i love old lunchboxes and built a Price Guide with images and values for them here http://www.greatestcollectibles.com/lunch-box-price-guide/ hope its helpfu.

    thanks

    Reply

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