I ventured into some antique stores on Saturday. This display of vintage lunchboxes caught my eye so I stopped to study a few. Most I had seen before but there were a few surprises.
Remember how fun it was to pick out a new lunch box for school?
From Disney to your favorite tv show or band, your lunch box was an opportunity to celebrate something that you really liked and wanted the world (other kids at least) to know about.
When I first started school, they were all still metal. The transition to plastic models occurred during my elementary years and I recall having a couple that were plastic but it seems like they didn’t hold up very well.
Imagine my mixture of glee and despair when I realized that my own childhood lunchbox was mixed in with all these “vintage” pieces!
Yes, my childhood possessions now appear in antique stores. And they’re not cheap! Strawberry Shortcake here was $38.00!
One of the beautiful things about antiquing is that you can find pop culture references, pieces of history, works of art and occasionally, things that that are just strange.
I had a Disney school bus lunchbox.
I thought it was so cool because it wasn’t square like everyone else was. Hadn’t seen one like it again until 2 years ago when I saw it in a thrift store. Price was $30. They wouldn’t take less. I recently saw one on facebook marketplace for $60
If you look close at this picture, you’ll see the Disney fire engine. That school bus I’ve never seen for any less than $70 around here. Makes you wish you had held onto your things! Haha.
I see my Partridge Family lunchbox!!!!! I want that Osmonds one. I got into them AFTER I had progressed from kiddie lunchbox to middle school brown paper sack. LOL
Lol. Nothing wrong with that!
My school bus lunchbox got sat on accidently by an older kid. My mom put it in the cellar for years. Then I guess it was tossed out
That’s a shame!
Wow! It makes me wish I still had my old metal Duke’s of Hazard lunch box from elementary school!
Lol. I think I had one of those too!
Makes even me feel young…
I know!! I loved getting a new lunchbox.
There are some fun reminders there – I loved Sally Field in The Flying Nun. What a silly concept for a TV show. I got a hand-me-down lunch box from my older brother. I don’t remember the theme but didn’t like it, so I painted it red.
I always see things that remind me of childhood in antique shops, then I realize that hey, I am an antique!
lol. Antiques are technically 100 years or older. A red lunchbox would be fun too!
My archeologist co-workers go with 50 years.
Your coworkers are a real buzzkill! Lol.