Lunchbox

A lunch box[1][2][3] (or lunchbox)[4][5][6] is a hand-held container used to transport food, usually to work or to school.

[7] The most common modern form is a small case with a clasp and handle, often printed with a colorful image that can either be generic or based on children's television shows or films.

Since the 19th century, American industrial workers have used sturdy containers to hold hardy lunches, consisting of foods such as hard-boiled eggs, vegetables, meat, coffee, and pie.

[9] David Shayt, curator of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, states that "Some of our earliest examples, from the 19th century, were woven baskets with handles.

Vacuum bottles, which enabled hot or cold beverages to remain at optimal temperature until lunchtime, became a common component of the lunch box.

Produced by Geuder, Paeschke & Frey, it featured Mickey Mouse, and was a four-color[11] lithographed oval tin, with a pull-out tray inside.

In 1950, Aladdin Industries created the first children's lunch box based on a television show, Hopalong Cassidy.

The aluminium variant was invented in 1954 by Leo May, a miner in Sudbury, Ontario, after he accidentally crushed his tin lunch box.

One of the last metal lunchboxes to be widely produced was one with a design promoting Rambo: First Blood Part II.

The phrase "lunch pail Democrat" is used to classify populist politicians who attempt to gain the votes of the working class.

[17] Japan has a tradition of bento, individual portable meals,[18] that dates back several centuries and influenced other countries in South East Asia.