Found lunch box and know nothing about it! Help please!

[JerLinde]

Hi everyone this is my first post so any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!

Someone I know was moving and I found this lunchbox in their basement. They said I could have it and I thought there might be something to it.

Unfortunately I know nothing about it! Not a clue on age, value, rarity or anything.

- On the side it reads "THERMOS TRADEMARK REG'D"
- All black exterior/All white inside
- Brown leather handle

Sorry for the bad pic and thanks alot for looking, any info would be great thanks!

 

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[firemanphob]

After looking at the prices on etsy, I better dig my old one out of the shed and dump the screws and bolts out of it.

 

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[Tony in SC]

We still used those in the 90's.. They came with a small thermos which we replaced with the large stainless one.

 

[MAILITY]

Sorry JerLinde and I could be wrong,
but I just don't think there is much to that lunch box unless filezilla uc browser rufus there happens to be a big ole honkin' turkey sandwich in there.

Unfortunately I know nothing about it! Not a clue on age, value, rarity or anything.

 

[Clad2Silver]

I was thinking late 1950's. All you need is William Bendix on the end of the handle, and we could do a series of the Life of Riley. Mmm, better hush, sounds like I might be telling my age. Breezie

I used to watch those episodes of "The Life Of Riley". William Bendix, Tom D'Andria as Gillis his neighbor, Sterling Holloway, Wesley Morgan as "Junior" his son, Lugene Sanders as "Babs" his daughter. Martin Milner played "Babs" boyfriend...…...Can't remember who played his wife. So now, I know your age but you know mine.

 

[Clad2Silver]

Those black lunchboxes were popular in the early 50's. We lived in Norwich, Conn. which was home to the American Thermos Company. When I was a kid my father worked for Thermos which is the company that made the "Thermos bottle" famous. He carried his lunch to work in one of those black boxes......

 

[sailormufasa]

My dad has one like that! I don't know what brand. It's out in the garage somewhere.... Are old lunch boxes like that worth a lot? Is it worth looking for my dad's to sell online? Or do I just send it to Goodwill next time I see it?

 

[Joe-Dirt]

I could use a box like that to put all my wheaties in!!! Welcome from the Baystate !!

 

[Reanm8er]

Welcome Jer, post WWII. My dad carried one as far back as I remember. I may know what happened to the handle.
If the guy walked through the shop and set the box down in the work area, when the whistle blew and he ran back
to get it he'd grab the handle in a big hurry only to find it came off in his hand. The box would have been screwed,
welded or fastened down with carpet tape and would often need to be chiseled loose. This went on in every factory
and work shop in the country for years.

Best wishes!

 

[piegrande]

I'm not sure, but many of those 50's TV shows started as radio shows. It seems Life of Riley was both radio and TV. Another radio show that transitioned well to TV was Gunsmoke.