And now, much to Brickell’s delight, the metal lunch box has made a comeback–albeit ... s lunch pails date to empty tobacco and cookie tins of the 1800s, collectors consider one 1950s item ...

Back in the day, people would haul their lunches around in metal boxes. Turns out, there were several good reasons for making ...

Television made lunch boxes even more popular with cartoons ... lack the classic feel of the old-school, character-driven, metal tins. The good news is lunchboxes are still popular for many ...

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Students who carried their lunch often did so in a re-purposed pail or tin of some kind ... even if their old lunch box (So long, Ariel!) was perfectly usable. The metal lunch box craze lasted ...

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