If you had a lunch box for grade school, what design was on it. Mine was pink, with Barbie walking her French poodle. It

[debm55]

Also came with a small Thermos bottle for drinks or soup. Did you have one?

[lapucelle]

1. I remember how breakable the old time thermoses were because they were lined with glass.

I can still hear the rattling.

[debm55]

2. Thank you Iapucelle. I remember that sound too.

[lapucelle]

4. Do you remember that metal arm thing that held the thermos in place?

I was kinda disappointed to discover that lunchboxes were no longer metal when it came time to buy them for my own kids.

[SheltieLover]

3. Only lived half a block from elem school, so I went home everyday for lunch

Steak, sweet corn & salad everyday. Lol

Watched Bozo Circus to the end, then had to run to school. Couldn't miss the Grand Prize Game. Lol

[debm55]

6. Thank you very much, ShelterLover. Somedays, I walked home with my lunch box and ate the lunch at home as I watched

television

[EYESORE 9001]

5. Nope, no lunch box through 8th grade

Nobody else brought one either. We just marched out to a concrete-block building that served as the school’s kitchen & cafeteria. All seasons, walking a good 500 ft through whatever Mother Nature had in store that day. In retrospect, I don’t remember anyone even bringing up the subject of bringing a lunch. Same in high school, where the tradition continued and everyone ate in the cafeteria. My last two years, some of us would occasionally pile into a vehicle and head for the nearest restaurant for burgers & fries. In the days before fast food outlets proliferated like dandelions, this mostly involved a bit of a wait. We’d wolf down our chow on the way back to school, hoping we would beat the buzzer.

[debm55]

9. Thank you very much, EYESORE 9001 for sharing with us. Great memories in your post

[EYESORE 9001]

12. Too bad I don't have any memories of nifty lunch boxes

I was aware that kid-themed lunch boxes existed, but I don’t remember feeling envy or deprivation. I did admire some I saw - Star Trek, The Beatles, what have you.

[debm55]

25. You are a very kind person

[BarbaRosa]

7. Mine was Looney Tunes.

With Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Porkey Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, et all.

[debm55]

11. Thank you very much, BaraRosa. That sounds great.

[lapucelle]

8. Check out this guy's collection.

https://alumni.creighton.edu/news-events/news/lunchbox-collection-durham

[debm55]

13. OMG, I went to the link and found one of the lunch boxes I had. It was pink and had three ballerinas on it.

[Sneederbunk]

10. Paper bag.

[debm55]

16. Thank you very much, Sneederbunk.In Junior High, I carried bags. We would also put our crayons in bags, One morning, in

a rush , a grabbed a brown paper bag from the counter. Got to lunch. I had taken the wrong lunch, I had a bag of crayons.

[lapucelle]

24. This one?

Here's The Paper Bag That Jil Sander Is Selling For $290

https://www.businessinsider.com/heres-the-paper-bag-that-jil-sander-is-selling-for-290-2012-8

[rsdsharp]

14. No lunch box. I walked home to Mommy, seven blocks,

uphill, both ways, through snow drifts up to my ears.

[debm55]

18. Thank you very much, rsdsharp. I hope she had a bowl of hot soup for you.

[rsdsharp]

22. Sometimes. Homemade chicken rice or potato if I was lucky!

Yum! 😋

[debm55]

27. Great! Especially for the walk back to school

[jmbar2]

15. I don't remember the design, but still remember the smell

Mix of apple and stale milk from the leaky thermos.

[debm55]

20. HAHHAHA. Thank you very much, jmbar2. Every night I would clean out my lunch box, wash and dry it and pack the next

day's lunch in it. I know what you mean by the smell. Yuk

[cayugafalls]

17. 2 faves. Banana Splits and the Metal Archies

Sadly long gone as my family moved a lot...

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much, cayugafalls. Yes, mine are long gone too.

[MoonlightHillFarm]

19. Roy Rogers and Trigger

[debm55]

23. Thank you very much, MoonlightHillFarm. That was neat.

[johnp3907]

26. Snoopy!

Still have it!

[debm55]

29. Wow. That is great to still have it. Thank you Johnp3907

[Eugene]

28. Yellow Submarine (Thermos c. 1970)

[debm55]

30. Thank you, Eugene, I love it. Thanks for sharing.

[Ritabert]

31. Brown paper bags.

[debm55]

33. Thank you very much for sharing. Ritabert. In Junior High I would decorate my bags with different designs.

[Diamond_Dog]

32. I had a Beatles lunch box!

Probably one of the many things my mother threw away that would have been worth some money as a collector’s item now.

Around 4th grade lunch boxes weren’t cool any more so out came the brown paper bags.

Sometimes I came home for lunch in elementary school. I practically never bought a lunch from the school cafeteria because I was a picky eater.

[debm55]

34. Thank you very much Diamond-Dog. At our school, lunch boxes weren't cool in 5th grade. I would pack a bag, eat at home

or eat at home. Lunch was a dime at school.

[Emile]

35. I lived close to the grade school and went home for lunch.

[debm55]

36. Thank you very much, Emile, I did all three--lunch box, home or cafeteria meal.

[AllaN01Bear]

37. batman. also brown bagged and plain jane ones .

on edit: visual history of the lunch box.

https://designobserver.com/a-visual-history-of-lunchboxes/

[debm55]

38. Thank you very much for sharing the link with us. I enjoyed looking and reading. TY, Bear.

[Coventina]

39. Holly Hobbie

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[debm55]

40. Thank you Coventina. That is so cute. Thank you for sharing

[malthaussen]

41. 1962 NY Giants NFL team.

IIRC, the thermos lasted about one week before I broke it.

-- Mal

[debm55]

44. Thank you malthaussen. Yes, the thermos didn't last long for sure.

[arkielib]

42. Mine was Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

It also had a matching thermos.
Good memories.

[debm55]

45. That's sweet. that you arkelib.

[Polybius]

43. Masters of the Universe in 1983

Like this:

[debm55]

46. wow, that's neat. Thank you, Polybius.

[JMCKUSICK]

47. Six Million Dollar Man

[debm55]

49. Thank you very much, John. That's great.

[PufPuf23]

48. Quickdraw McGraw on one side and Huckleberry Hound on the other side.

Went to work in woods age 16 in 1969. Had not used the lunch box since 6th grade and put back to use. My mother gave away to her friend that had a daughter in grade school and bought me a gray plastic lunch box and a metal Stanley thermos, said a working man should have an adult lunchbox. The glass thermos that came with the box did not last long. Miss that lunch box.

[debm55]

50. PufPuf23. I really like you Quickdraw and Huckleberry Hound. lunchbox. Very cool

[SSJVegeta]

51. Ninja turtles

[debm55]

52. HAHAHAHAH. My son had a Ninja turtles lunchbox.Thank you SSJVegeta.

[SSJVegeta]

53. Welcome! Funny that this could be the first time Ive thought about in more than 30 years.

So I appreciate helping me remember.

I really liked it...

[Marcuse]

54. Unfortunate that it was thrown out.

[debm55]

56. Oh that is great!!!! Thank you Marcuse, I really like it.

[4TheArts]

55. Mighty Mouse, flying through the air

"Here I come to save the day!"
Ha. I'm old.
I also remember the little glass bottle of milk with the paper cap, from a first grade cafeteria.

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much for sharing your Mighty Mouse lunch box, 4TheArts. Love it.

[MIButterfly]

58. I took my new Bonanza lunch box to school one day and so many kids made fun of me for it

(I guess, because among other things, I was a girl) that I never took it to school again.

I wish I would've been strong enough to say "Fuck you. This is my lunch box and I like it" but I wasn't.

[debm55]

59. I am very sorry for how they treated you, MIButterfly. They were bullies and unkind. I liked Bonanza and would have

loved to have your lunch box. Please don't cry. You are loved here.

[MIButterfly]

60. Thank you debm55.

You are very kind. I revised my post somewhat because I think I had the Bonanza lunch box before I went to the school where I was bullied. But the other kids did make fun of it and I never took it to school again.

[debm55]

63. Thank you , my friend. Love, Debbie.

[sakabatou]

61. This exact one (see image)

[debm55]

62. Thank you very much, sakabatou, for sharing with us? Is that yours?