Retro Vintage Metal Lunch Boxes

Lunch boxes actually have quite an interesting history behind them. The first lunch boxes were recycled food, coffee, tea, and tobacco tins.

Not too much went to waste on the farm and the bags, boxes, and tins that food stuffs arrived in were happily reused in any method in which they could be.

Men heading out to work off the farm required a very durable container for their lunch fare so coffee and tobacco tins were the perfect solution for providing them with a strong sturdy lunch box.

It was in 1950 when Aladdin Industries put a decal image of Hopalong Cassidy on one of their lunch boxes and saw their sales shoot through the roof.

Previously selling about 50,000 lunch boxes per year their lunch box sales now jump to a whopping 600,000 the year the new lunch box design comes out. This is the start of a new era in lunch box design.

It seems that today's kids are not the only ones to get into some degree of bad behavior on the school grounds. When it became apparent that some students were using their metal lunch boxes as weapons to bonk other students over the head with some parents took action.

In the 1971 - 1972 school year concerned parents petitioned in Florida to have metal lunch boxes banned. This was a move that was to lead to the popularity of plastic lunches boxes in the 1980s.

Tea Parties have been around for hundreds of years, but it is the United Kingdom's tradition of enjoying an afternoon High tea, that truly brought Tea Parties into the limelight of Social Affairs.

First brought into being in the 1700's, High tea was actually the practice of having the afternoon Tea at the high table, rather than the lower drawing room table....Gifts, Tips, And Ideas For A Tea Party.

Frequently portrayed as the weapon of choice for angry housewives worldwide, the rolling pin is also a traditional symbol of a mothers love and dedication for her family, and her home.

Generally made from wood, stainless steel, glass, marble, aluminum or plastic, rolling pins reside in most kitchens....How to display a rolling pin collection.