My school served lunch, so I had no need to bring my own, but I did have a lunchbox. In fact, I still do—in 1978 I bought a Star Wars lunchbox, and I still have it, along with the Empire Strikes Back version and the Return of the Jedi one. But friends owned tin boxes featuring Charlie’s Angels, A-Team and various other crime fighting crusaders. We used them as pencil cases, purses, general carry-alls for jacks and pads and anything else we wanted to keep close at hand.
Who did you carry?
What a fun post. I carried a Scooby Doo lunchbox. The Star Wars boxes seem so much more sophisticated.
Deb – I think it’s all about age. I was 13 when Star Wars came out, and I was addicted to all things school-supply like. That hasn’t changed, either. I still love pens, pads, etc! Since that was the most important thing going when I happened to be 13, that’s what I adopted.
Great post! I remember having a red Charlie Brown one, a Rose Petal Place one (which I still have!) and one that I can’t remember the name of the cartoon but had animal characters…”Special Friends or Critters” keep coming to mind as part of the name but I can’t remember. 🙂
I remember having a metal Snow White lunchbox, and then a plastic Snoopy one.
Some years ago I went to a traveling museum exhibit on lunchboxes (does the Smithsonian exhibit ever travel?) where I learned the totally useless bit of trivia that Rambo was the last character to appear on a steel lunchbox.
Biblio –
I bet the Smithsonian exhibit travels–a lot of theirs do. I can’t believe you remember that bit of trivia, and am simultaneously sad that it’s true. Rambo? Really. *sigh*