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This "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet" lunch box, manufactured by Aladdin Industries beginning in 1952, was only the second television character lunch box ever created. The plain red metal box's only illustration is a decal featuring "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet," the star of a space adverture series that played out in daily and Sunday comic strips, on the radio, and on television. Just two years after the company's success with the first ever television character lunchbox featuring cowboy Hopalong Cassidy, this lunchbox began Aladdin's long-standing strategy of marketing lunchboxes using popular characters -- and promoting mass media programming using lunchboxes.

The lunchbox and its accompanying insulated bottle were given to the Museum by Aladdin Industries in 2008.

 Display Status

This object is on display in James S. McDonnell Space Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Object Details
Date 1952-1953 Country of Origin United States of America Type MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture Manufacturer Aladdin Industries Incorporated
 Artist Robert O. Burton
 Dimensions 3-D: 21.6 x 8.9 x 19.1cm (8 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.)
 Materials Metal
 Inventory Number A20070086000 Credit Line Gift of Aladdin Industries, L.L.C. Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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